The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1882
Private Albrecht Kaltz Record no. 011607 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 9 April 1882
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 011607
Record of service
- Name
- Albrecht Kaltz
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 9 April 1882
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Spring Action at Heron Bend. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 23
- Regiment, same day
- 48 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 9 April 1882
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Awarded the Star of the Wardens
For conduct on the Line in the action of 9 April 1882, gazetted by the War Ministry. For holding a post on the Line through a night of enemy action. Gazetted; the decoration was presented to the next of kin at the depot.
For conduct on the Line in the action of 9 April 1882, gazetted by the War Ministry. For holding a post on the Line through a night of enemy action. Gazetted; the decoration was presented to the next of kin at the depot.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 19 April 1858, at Oberholt, Norrfeld
- Civil occupation
- engineer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: engineer, of Oberholt.
Next of kin
| father | Konrad Kaltz | born 1815, died 1904 | smith | |
| mother | Gudrun Fronger | born 1813, died 1881 | 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.