The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1871
Private Edvard Gerholt Record no. 010336 · The 4th Marsh Regiment · killed in action, 1 November 1871
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 010336
Record of service
- Name
- Edvard Gerholt
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 4th Marsh Regiment, depot at Hollstadt
- Date of loss
- 1 November 1871
- Cause
- killed in action
- Action
- The Autumn Action at the Sunk Causeway. The 4th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 30
- Regiment, same day
- 37 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 1 November 1871
1. The 4th Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: killed in action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 22 November 1840, at Norrtal, Westgau
- Civil occupation
- labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a labourer of Norrtal before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| father | Casimir Gerholt | born 1808, died 1876 | farmer | |
| mother | Ursula Lenz | born 1808, died 1867 | farm labourer |
The persons entered above are the next of kin as given by the above-named on entering the regiment, corrected against the civil register.
Pension: the Ministry's pension under the War Widows Act and the Pensions Act is paid to the next of kin entered above, at the rate for the rank, from the first quarter-day after the date of loss.