The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1898
Major Roland Kleissmann Record no. 013428 · The 3rd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 6 October 1898
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 013428
Record of service
- Name
- Roland Kleissmann
- Rank
- Major
- Regiment
- The 3rd Marsh Regiment, depot at Kessel
- Date of loss
- 6 October 1898
- 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, 6 October 1898
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
- 2 May 1874, at Marschau, The Osmoor
- Civil occupation
- accountant
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a accountant of Marschau before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| father | Fedor Kleissmann | born 1847, died 1885 | boatman | |
| mother | Gudrun Oberst | born 1847, died 1916 | clerk | |
| spouse | Hilde Festung | born 1871, died 1923 | housekeeper | married 17 June 1897 |
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.