The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1818
Private Emil Brenn Record no. 002131 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 17 July 1818
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 002131
Record of service
- Name
- Emil Brenn
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 17 July 1818
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Summer Action at Crow Island. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 40
- Regiment, same day
- 120 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 17 July 1818
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 29 April 1778, at Hollstadt, Westgau
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a farm labourer.
Next of kin
| child | Albrecht Brenn | born 1808, died 1814 | farmer | |
| child | Anneke Brenn | born 1814, died 1861 | miner | |
| child | Josef Brenn | born 1818, died 1862 | smith |
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.