The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1882
Private Tomas Prill Record no. 011617 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 9 April 1882
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 011617
Record of service
- Name
- Tomas Prill
- 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
- 34
- 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.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 20 September 1847, at Ostrabruck, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- farmer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a farmer.
Next of kin
| child | Oskar Prill | born 1872, died 1943 | miner | |
| child | Karl Prill | born 1876, died 1937 | clerk | |
| father | Gustav Prill | born 1808, died 1879 | farmer | |
| mother | Marit Brenn | born 1807, died 1858 | farmer | |
| spouse | Rosalind Ort | born 1844, died 1917 | weaver | married 11 August 1868 |
Next of kin as entered at the depot and confirmed by the National Archive.
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.