The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1896
Private Willem Kolm Record no. 013155 · The 3rd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 14 December 1896
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 013155
Record of service
- Name
- Willem Kolm
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 3rd Marsh Regiment, depot at Kessel
- Date of loss
- 14 December 1896
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 24
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 14 December 1896
1. The 3rd Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 28 June 1872, at Norrhafen, The Sudmark
- Civil occupation
- engineer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a engineer of Norrhafen before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Roland Kolm | born 1896, died 1968 | accountant | |
| father | Hendrik Kolm | born 1837, died 1883 | peat cutter | |
| mother | Ilse Hallin | born 1837, died 1890 | housekeeper | |
| spouse | Ursula Honzel | born 1872, died 1949 | factory worker | married 4 July 1896 |
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.