The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1829
Private Hendrik Holt Record no. 003962 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 10 October 1829
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 003962
Record of service
- Name
- Hendrik Holt
- Rank
- Private
- 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
- 38
- Regiment, same day
- 37 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 10 October 1829
1. Entered from the depot at Marschau. 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
- 25 August 1791, at Dammsee, The Osmoor
- Civil occupation
- weaver
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a weaver.
Next of kin
| child | Ingrid Holt | born 1813, died 1822 | farmer | |
| child | Teodor Holt | born 1815, died 1888 | printer | |
| child | Ottmar Holt | born 1818, died 1868 | labourer | |
| child | Tomas Holt | born 1819, died 1820 | farm labourer | |
| child | Frida Holt | born 1826, died 1862 | smith | |
| child | Konrad Holt | born 1829, died 1896 | tailor | |
| spouse | Rosalind Mertz | born 1793, died 1867 | brewer | married 14 June 1813 |
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.