The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1818
Lieutenant Matthis Kessler Record no. 002004 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 3 November 1818
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 002004
Record of service
- Name
- Matthis Kessler
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 3 November 1818
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 23
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 3 November 1818
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.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 5 October 1795, at Weinfeld, The Sudmark
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a farm labourer of Weinfeld before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| spouse | Mathilde Mossbach | born 1795, died 1863 | farmer | married 8 August 1818 |
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.