GAY, WILLIAM [SSNE 651]
- Surname
- GAY
- First name
- WILLIAM, GUILJELMUS
- Title/rank
- Nationality
- SCOT OR ENGLISH
- Region
- Social status
- STUDENT
- Education
- UNIVERSITY
- Religion
Text source
William Gay is probably a Scot. At the same time this man is at University, a Scot of the same name serves as a Captain in Colonel Brundell's Regiment of Foot in the Low Countries [See SSNE no 4965]. Album Studiosorum Academiae Rhenu-Traiec (Utrecht, 1886), ed., F. Ketner. He is listed as "med.publ.de laesa chilificatione, Munnicks"; D. Dobson 'Scottish soldiers in Continental Europe' [part one] (St Andrews, 1997).
Service record
- SCOTLAND, UTRECHT
- Arrived 1699-12-14
- Departed 1699-12-31
- Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC