The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1829
Private Edvard Mengen Record no. 003821 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 1 August 1829
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 003821
Record of service
- Name
- Edvard Mengen
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 1 August 1829
- Cause
- enemy action
- 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, 1 August 1829
1. Entered from the depot at Ostrabruck. 2. Reported lost on the Line by the regiment. 3. Confirmed by the Records Office and gazetted. 4. Pension papers issued to the next of kin at the rate for the rank.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 27 January 1808, at Vellmar, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- housekeeper
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a housekeeper.
Next of kin
| father | Konrad Mengen | born 1769, died 1811 | farm labourer | |
| mother | Marit Wachs | born 1770, died 1838 | peat cutter |
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.