The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1827
Private Gustav Mekfeld Record no. 003532 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · killed in action, 19 September 1827
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 003532
Record of service
- Name
- Gustav Mekfeld
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 19 September 1827
- Cause
- killed in action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 37
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 19 September 1827
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.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 25 November 1789, at Tarnmoor, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- weaver
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: weaver, of Tarnmoor.
Next of kin
| child | Xaver Mekfeld | born 1813, died 1814 | farmer | |
| child | Wilma Mekfeld | born 1817, died 1882 | farmer | |
| child | Berthe Mekfeld | born 1819, died 1878 | miner | |
| spouse | Ingrid Trost | born 1775, died 1832 | farmer | married 15 February 1810 |
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.