The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1892
Corporal Tobias Faking Record no. 012749 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 9 May 1892
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 012749
Record of service
- Name
- Tobias Faking
- Rank
- Corporal
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 9 May 1892
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 21
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 9 May 1892
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
- 4 September 1870, at Norrwick, Norrfeld
- Civil occupation
- tailor
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a tailor.
Next of kin
| father | Ansel Faking | born 1832, died 1876 | weaver | |
| mother | Berthe Crull | born 1827, died 1906 | mason |
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.