The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1895
Corporal Tomas Lastfeld Record no. 013049 · The 4th Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 14 June 1895
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 013049
Record of service
- Name
- Tomas Lastfeld
- Rank
- Corporal
- Regiment
- The 4th Marsh Regiment, depot at Hollstadt
- Date of loss
- 14 June 1895
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- The Summer Action at the Eel Cut. The 4th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 32
- Regiment, same day
- 25 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 14 June 1895
1. The 4th Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy fire. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 10 February 1863, at Vellmar, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- postal worker
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a postal worker.
Next of kin
| child | Leon Lastfeld | born 1895, died 1971 | farmer | |
| father | Bertil Lastfeld | born 1828, died 1888 | miner | |
| mother | Thea Nussbaum | born 1827, died 1911 | weaver | |
| spouse | Hedwig Hallin | born 1865, died 1909 | lawyer | married 3 November 1892 |
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.