The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1953
Captain Ludwig Rabe Record no. 017400 · The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 5 December 1953
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 017400
Record of service
- Name
- Ludwig Rabe
- Rank
- Captain
- Regiment
- The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment, depot at Vellmar
- Date of loss
- 5 December 1953
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 39
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 5 December 1953
1. Entered from the depot at Vellmar. 2. Reported lost on the Line by the regiment. 3. Confirmed by the Records Office and gazetted. 4. Pension papers issued to the next of kin at the rate for the rank.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 10 November 1914, at Marschau, The Osmoor
- Civil occupation
- railwayman
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a railwayman.
Next of kin
| child | Oskar Rabe | born 1939 | shopkeeper | |
| child | Andreas Rabe | born 1947 | clerk | |
| child | Stefan Rabe | born 1949, died 2014 | teacher | |
| child | Emma Rabe | born 1950 | chemist | |
| father | Roland Rabe | born 1880, died 1954 | physician | |
| mother | Klara Marrow | born 1878, died 1944 | soldier | |
| spouse | Else Fruckbor | born 1913, died 1956 | merchant | married 19 December 1938 |
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.