The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1974
Private Peter Tarn Record no. 018261 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · killed in action, 21 August 1974
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 018261
Record of service
- Name
- Peter Tarn
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 21 August 1974
- Cause
- killed in action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 20
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 21 August 1974
1. The record is compiled from the regimental return and the Records Office register. 2. The cause of loss is entered as killed in 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 18261. No fee.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 12 October 1953, at Niederbruck, Kesselhöh
- Civil occupation
- labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a labourer of Niederbruck before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| father | Heinz Tarn | born 1923, died 1978 | shopkeeper | |
| mother | Petra Lenz | born 1926, died 2008 | official |
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.