The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1820
Sergeant Aurel Keitmann Record no. 002521 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 19 April 1820
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 002521
Record of service
- Name
- Aurel Keitmann
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 19 April 1820
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- The Spring Action at the Long Sedge. 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
- 19
- Regiment, same day
- 29 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 19 April 1820
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy fire. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 11 July 1800, at Kesselstadt, Kesselhöh
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a farm labourer of Kesselstadt before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
No next of kin was entered at the depot and none has been traced in 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.