The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1940
Private Emil Amsel Record no. 016623 · The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 20 October 1940
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 016623
Record of service
- Name
- Emil Amsel
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment, depot at Vellmar
- Date of loss
- 20 October 1940
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Autumn Action at Sentry Pool. The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 28
- Regiment, same day
- 13 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 20 October 1940
1. The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 25 January 1912, at Kessel, Kesselhöh
- Civil occupation
- lawyer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: lawyer, of Kessel.
Next of kin
| child | Ingrid Amsel | born 1940, died 1961 | accountant | |
| father | Ludwig Amsel | born 1865, died 1926 | typist | |
| mother | Klara Dorn | born 1866, died 1931 | teacher | |
| spouse | Margit Wendl | born 1911, died 2001 | mason | married 30 October 1937 |
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.