The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1827
Sergeant Gustav Binfess Record no. 003552 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 14 November 1827
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 003552
Record of service
- Name
- Gustav Binfess
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 14 November 1827
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 21
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 14 November 1827
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
- 1 December 1805, at Marschau, The Osmoor
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: farm labourer, of Marschau.
Next of kin
| father | Anton Binfess | born 1764, died 1833 | cook | |
| mother | Cordula Marrow | born 1786, died 1828 | vintner | |
| spouse | Katrin Rabe | born 1804, died 1890 | clerk | married 13 October 1827 |
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.