The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1886
Sergeant Emil Brenn Record no. 011995 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 26 December 1886
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 011995
Record of service
- Name
- Emil Brenn
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 26 December 1886
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Winter Action at the Drowned Wood. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 29
- Regiment, same day
- 41 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 26 December 1886
1. Entered from the depot at Ostrabruck. 2. Reported lost on the Line by the regiment. 3. Confirmed by the Records Office and gazetted. 4. Pension papers issued to the next of kin at the rate for the rank.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 10 May 1857, at Kesselkirchen, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- printer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a printer of Kesselkirchen before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| father | Werner Brenn | born 1836, died 1894 | boatman | |
| mother | Hanne Tarn | born 1835, died 1899 | farmer |
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.