The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1829
Corporal Matthis Brenn Record no. 003944 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 10 October 1829
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 003944
Record of service
- Name
- Matthis Brenn
- Rank
- Corporal
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 10 October 1829
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Autumn 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
- 24
- Regiment, same day
- 37 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 10 October 1829
1. The record is compiled from the regimental return and the Records Office register. 2. The cause of loss is entered as enemy 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.
For conduct on the Line in the action of 10 October 1829, gazetted by the War Ministry. For holding a post on the Line through a night of enemy action. Gazetted; the decoration was presented to the next of kin at the depot.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 23 November 1804, at Sanding, Westgau
- Civil occupation
- carpenter
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a carpenter.
Next of kin
| father | Jorn Brenn | born 1755, died 1834 | boatman | |
| mother | Johanna Rosten | born 1776, died 1845 | farmer | |
| spouse | Margit Wendl | born 1794, died 1849 | printer | married 25 August 1826 |
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.