The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1946
Private Bernd Holt Record no. 016991 · The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 13 August 1946
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 016991
Record of service
- Name
- Bernd Holt
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment, depot at Vellmar
- Date of loss
- 13 August 1946
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- The Summer Action at the Salt Reach. 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
- 24
- Regiment, same day
- 15 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 13 August 1946
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
- 17 November 1921, at Grauburg, Kesselhöh
- Civil occupation
- farmer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a farmer.
Next of kin
| child | Martin Holt | born 1945, died 1946 | clerk | |
| child | Kerstin Holt | born 1946, died 1991 | mechanic | |
| father | Rudolf Holt | born 1889, died 1955 | shopkeeper | |
| mother | Else Brenn | born 1888, died 1959 | mason | |
| spouse | Anna Tann | born 1921, died 1994 | nurse | married 5 April 1945 |
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.