The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1909
Private Leon Dill Record no. 014297 · The 5th Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 26 March 1909
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 014297
Record of service
- Name
- Leon Dill
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 5th Marsh Regiment, depot at Tarnmund
- Date of loss
- 26 March 1909
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 26
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 26 March 1909
1. The above-named was entered on the strength of The 5th Marsh Regiment at the depot at Tarnmund. 2. Loss was reported by the officer commanding and confirmed by the Records Office. 3. The next of kin were informed by the Ministry's letter. 4. The official date and cause are as published.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 16 April 1882, at Sudholt, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- clerk
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a clerk of Sudholt before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Leon Dill | born 1904, died 1976 | housekeeper | |
| child | Hedwig Dill | born 1906, died 1987 | shopkeeper | |
| child | Lotte Dill | born 1909, died 1983 | factory worker | |
| father | Aurel Dill | born 1842, died 1915 | farmer | |
| mother | Margit Wendl | born 1842, died 1892 | farm labourer | |
| spouse | Klara Kessler | born 1881, died 1953 | farmer | married 29 December 1903 |
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.