The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1891
Sergeant Otto Sormann Record no. 012640 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 6 July 1891
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 012640
Record of service
- Name
- Otto Sormann
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 6 July 1891
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 27
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 6 July 1891
1. Entered from the depot at Marschau. 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
- 2 June 1864, at Ostrabruck, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- postal worker
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: postal worker, of Ostrabruck.
Next of kin
| child | Luise Sormann | born 1888, died 1957 | farmer | |
| father | Rainer Sormann | born 1843, died 1879 | brewer | |
| mother | Greta Reinholt | born 1840, died 1889 | merchant | |
| spouse | Emma Pahl | born 1862, died 1892 | farm labourer | married 23 December 1886 |
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.