CROMWELL, WILLIAM [SSNE 8416]

Surname

CROMWELL

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

SERGEANT-MAJOR

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

William Cromwell was an officer in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. During his tenure in Dutch service he held the following ranks in the third regiment of the Brigade:

 

Sergeant-Major: 14 November 1644 - 18 September 1663

Lieutenant-Colonel: 18 September 1663 - 1675

 

 

Sources:

Ten Raa, F.J.G, and de Bas, F., Het Staatsche Leger, 1568-1795, IV (Breda, 1918), p. 243; Ibid., V, p. 481; Ibid., VI, p. 256.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE

Arrived 1644-11-14, as SERGEANT-MAJOR

Departed 1675-12-31, as LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY