The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1896
Private Otto Kessler Record no. 013151 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 8 January 1896
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 013151
Record of service
- Name
- Otto Kessler
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 8 January 1896
- Cause
- enemy action
- 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, 8 January 1896
1. The 2nd Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 21 August 1868, at Kessel, Kesselhöh
- Civil occupation
- mason
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: mason, of Kessel.
Next of kin
| father | Roderik Kessler | born 1839, died 1917 | miner | |
| mother | Greta Brenn | born 1839, died 1910 | soldier |
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.