The War Ministry · Casualty rolls

Casualty Roll for 1897 As published by the War Ministry under the Press Act · 127 names

11 officers and 116 other ranks. 7 decorated. 2 named actions. Commander of the Line: Jorn Brenn.

127Names

11Officers

116Other ranks

7Decorated

14The 1st Marsh Regiment

51The 2nd Marsh Regiment

18The 3rd Marsh Regiment

44The 4th Marsh Regiment

The roll as published by the War Ministry under the Press Act and read at Victory Square.

War Ministry · Roll of the fallen · 1897WM/ROLL/1897

Named actions

20 May 1897

The Spring Action at the Grey Shallows. The 4th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 24 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause
20 May 1897	Corporal	Leon Mertz	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Marschau	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Konrad Rusk	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
20 May 1897	Lieutenant	Josef Reinholt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Grauburg	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Sigmund Ort	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Norrau	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Rainer Steinholt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Neuholt	enemy fire
20 May 1897	Private	Karl Krastmat	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
20 May 1897	Corporal	Jorn Brenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Reedtal	enemy action
20 May 1897	Sergeant	Ludwig Jann	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Sanding	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Otto Marrow	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Berging	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Otto Brenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy fire
20 May 1897	Corporal	Friedl Keich	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Hollbach	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Magnus Stiegl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Weinwick	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Edvard Vogt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Viktor Rademann	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Otto Rusk	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Hochstadt	killed in action
20 May 1897	Private	Leon Rusk	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Norrwick	killed in action
20 May 1897	Private	Arno Ketmel	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Brennholt	enemy action
20 May 1897	Corporal	Paul Brenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Grautal	enemy action
20 May 1897	Sergeant	Oskar Thal	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Ostrahausen	enemy action
20 May 1897	Corporal	Emil Kessler	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Ernst Rusich	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Josef Batholt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Gustav Vetvor	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
20 May 1897	Private	Sigmund Beiler	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellhausen	killed in action

25 September 1897

The Autumn Action at Crow Island. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report. 35 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
25 September 1897	Corporal	Ansel Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Magnus Sossmosing	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Sudfurt	enemy fire
25 September 1897	Sergeant	Karl Rabe	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	killed in action
25 September 1897	Corporal	Paul Kessler	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Weinau	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Ludwig Wendl	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Weinau	enemy action
25 September 1897	Sergeant	Albrecht Kessler	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Lindenmar	killed in action
25 September 1897	Lieutenant	Ansel Kessler	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy fire
25 September 1897	Private	Sigmund Maller	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Weinwick	killed in action
25 September 1897	Private	Rudolf Mekel	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	killed in action
25 September 1897	Private	Bruno Hartwig	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Grauburg	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Ernst Kistsauch	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Bruno Reinholt	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Eisenheim	enemy action
25 September 1897	Lieutenant	Oskar Stirloss	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Oskar Wolter	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Eichental	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Rudolf Gerholt	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Salzhafen	enemy fire
25 September 1897	Private	Oskar Ehrlich	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hochstadt	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Rudolf Brosbraurn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action	the Line Medal
25 September 1897	Private	Friedl Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Feldburg	enemy action	the Line Medal
25 September 1897	Private	Josef Fenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	killed in action
25 September 1897	Private	Rudolf Lenz	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Brennmoor	enemy fire
25 September 1897	Private	Bruno Mistes	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Egon Holt	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Ernst Kinghilt	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Reedtal	enemy action
25 September 1897	Corporal	Viktor Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellhausen	killed in action
25 September 1897	Private	Viktor Meitzmar	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Ernst Scher	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	killed in action
25 September 1897	Sergeant	Magnus Vetter	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Otto Marsch	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
25 September 1897	Corporal	Bruno Mochschich	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Edvard Mandlind	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Brennholt	enemy action
25 September 1897	Corporal	Oskar Takmeng	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Willem Dieler	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hochstadt	enemy action
25 September 1897	Corporal	Arno Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Leon Hottol	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
25 September 1897	Private	Friedl Kessler	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action

Other engagements

Losses on the Line not attributed to a named action, in order of date. 68 names.

Date	Rank	Name	Regiment	Of	Cause	Decoration
1 January 1897	Private	Teodor Larer	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	killed in action
2 January 1897	Lieutenant	Konrad Falk	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	killed in action
6 January 1897	Private	Ernst Thal	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Ostrahausen	enemy action
7 January 1897	Private	Hugo Brall	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
15 January 1897	Private	Edvard Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
19 January 1897	Private	Magnus Batneilt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Graukirchen	killed in action
23 January 1897	Private	Jorn Brenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
13 February 1897	Captain	Oskar Maholt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	enemy action
14 February 1897	Sergeant	Kurt Brack	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy fire
15 February 1897	Private	Emil Pfeil	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
19 February 1897	Private	Kurt Ostrand	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
28 February 1897	Corporal	Hugo Hallin	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Talkirchen	enemy action
12 March 1897	Private	Paul Moor	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Oberbach	enemy action
29 March 1897	Sergeant	Ansel Gerst	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Oberbach	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
29 March 1897	Sergeant	Hendrik Lekleich	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
7 April 1897	Private	Friedl Vogt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Bruchwick	enemy action
8 April 1897	Private	Gregor Ilgen	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy fire
11 April 1897	Private	Paul Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
27 April 1897	Private	Edvard Rusk	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Weinwick	enemy fire
30 April 1897	Private	Hugo Ilgen	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	killed in action
9 May 1897	Private	Konrad Bauer	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	enemy action
10 May 1897	Sergeant	Gustav Lerschis	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Sudholt	enemy action
17 May 1897	Lieutenant	Leon Deten	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy action
21 May 1897	Private	Kurt Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	enemy action	the Line Medal
24 May 1897	Private	Arno Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	enemy fire
26 May 1897	Sergeant	Bruno Wulf	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Norrfurt	enemy fire
30 May 1897	Private	Viktor Ilgen	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy fire
1 June 1897	Corporal	Rudolf Rusk	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Wasserdorf	enemy action
6 June 1897	Private	Konrad Vellmann	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Norrhafen	enemy fire
16 June 1897	Private	Kurt Tarn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Marschau	killed in action
10 July 1897	Private	Bertil Hallin	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
12 July 1897	Corporal	Anton Hallin	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	enemy action
21 July 1897	Private	Ottmar Hauk	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
26 July 1897	Corporal	Edvard Kaltz	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Ostrabruck	enemy action
26 July 1897	Private	Rudolf Fenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Tarnmoor	enemy action
2 August 1897	Corporal	Paul Bracker	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Berging	enemy fire
16 August 1897	Corporal	Magnus Pesholt	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Norrwick	enemy fire
17 August 1897	Private	Gregor Steirut	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Sandfeld	enemy fire
19 August 1897	Private	Anton Wendl	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy action
21 August 1897	Private	Friedl Brack	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Sudfurt	enemy fire
28 August 1897	Private	Kurt Rusk	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kesseltal	enemy fire
31 August 1897	Private	Paul Kellner	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hagenberg	enemy action
31 August 1897	Private	Egon Rabe	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Hochstadt	enemy action
8 September 1897	Sergeant	Ernst Hallin	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Brenndorf	enemy fire
9 September 1897	Private	Ludwig Ostrand	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
14 September 1897	Private	Roland Fenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Weinfeld	enemy action
14 September 1897	Private	Kurt Lerschis	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Kessel	enemy fire
18 September 1897	Captain	Viktor Ostmann	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Oberbach	enemy action
22 September 1897	Private	Paul Follkeck	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
8 October 1897	Private	Ludwig Wendl	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Sanding	enemy action
8 October 1897	Private	Viktor Wendl	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Berging	enemy action
15 October 1897	Private	Ernst Hallin	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Hollwald	enemy action
17 October 1897	Lieutenant	Ansel Hallin	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Sudfurt	enemy fire
20 October 1897	Lieutenant	Kurt Stiegl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
31 October 1897	Private	Oskar Hartwig	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Hagenkirchen	enemy action
3 November 1897	Private	Matthis Kreinholt	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Oberholt	enemy action	the Line Medal
11 November 1897	Sergeant	Ulrik Brenn	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Sudfurt	enemy action	the Line Medal
17 November 1897	Private	Paul Tunder	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy fire
23 November 1897	Sergeant	Bruno Butzing	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Weinfeld	enemy action
30 November 1897	Captain	Piet Fenn	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Tarnmund	killed in action
5 December 1897	Private	Viktor Leistar	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Salzmund	enemy action	the Line Medal
7 December 1897	Private	Ludwig Amsel	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Kesselkirchen	enemy action
8 December 1897	Corporal	Ludwig Mackwol	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	Weinau	enemy action
8 December 1897	Private	Willem Marrow	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Weinau	enemy action
9 December 1897	Lieutenant	Willem Brenn	The 1st Marsh Regiment	Dammsee	enemy action
18 December 1897	Private	Emil Brenn	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Vellmar	enemy action
18 December 1897	Private	Willem Wendl	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	Hollstadt	enemy action
20 December 1897	Private	Hugo Wendl	The 4th Marsh Regiment	Dammberg	enemy action

Reading of the roll

The roll was read at the Victory Day parade of 1898. The 87th Victory Day parade ends at Victory Square in fog that lifted by noon. The War Ministry estimates the crowd at 21,000. The year's casualty roll is read. Report.

Named actions

20 May 1897

25 September 1897

Other engagements

Reading of the roll

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