The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1964
Private Leon Ehrlich Record no. 017840 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 13 August 1964
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 017840
Record of service
- Name
- Leon Ehrlich
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 13 August 1964
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Summer Action at the Grey Shallows. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 32
- Regiment, same day
- 16 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 13 August 1964
1. The record is compiled from the regimental return and the Records Office register. 2. The cause of loss is entered as enemy action. 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.
Claim a casualty pension For the widow or widower, the parents or the dependent children. Roll number 17840. No fee.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 22 July 1932, at Tarnmund, The Sudmark
- Civil occupation
- physician
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a physician of Tarnmund before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Stefan Ehrlich | born 1962 | official | |
| child | Dieter Ehrlich | born 1963 | mechanic | |
| father | Arno Ehrlich | born 1898, died 1970 | farmer | |
| mother | Lotte Brenn | born 1899, died 1962 | official | |
| spouse | Simone Gerst | born 1935, died 2001 | nurse | married 23 May 1960 |
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.