The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1887
Sergeant Magnus Grau Record no. 012154 · The 3rd Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 25 April 1887
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 012154
Record of service
- Name
- Magnus Grau
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Regiment
- The 3rd Marsh Regiment, depot at Kessel
- Date of loss
- 25 April 1887
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 37
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 25 April 1887
1. The record is compiled from the regimental return and the Records Office register. 2. The cause of loss is entered as enemy fire. 3. The name stands on the roll for the year and is read at Victory Square. 4. No further particulars are published, under the Press Act.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 20 January 1850, at Hagensee, The Sudmark
- Civil occupation
- factory worker
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: factory worker, of Hagensee.
Next of kin
| child | Oskar Grau | born 1879, died 1960 | carpenter | |
| father | Werner Grau | born 1827, died 1905 | farmer | |
| mother | Katrin Hallin | born 1826, died 1902 | cook | |
| spouse | Hanne Wulf | born 1851, died 1901 | farmer | married 23 July 1878 |
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.