The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1898
Private Ludwig Gerst Record no. 013426 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 25 July 1898
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 013426
Record of service
- Name
- Ludwig Gerst
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 25 July 1898
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 18
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 25 July 1898
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
- 29 November 1879, at Hollstadt, Westgau
- Civil occupation
- teacher
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a teacher of Hollstadt before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| father | Jorn Gerst | born 1835, died 1889 | farmer | |
| mother | Anneke Meinnberg | born 1833, died 1894 | 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.