The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1841
Private Lorenz Brenn Record no. 005902 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 25 March 1841
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 005902
Record of service
- Name
- Lorenz Brenn
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 25 March 1841
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Spring 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
- 22
- Regiment, same day
- 70 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 25 March 1841
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 30 December 1818, at Eisenheim, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a labourer of Eisenheim before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Anneke Brenn | born 1840, died 1861 | smith | |
| father | Stellan Brenn | born 1770, died 1845 | peat cutter | |
| mother | Ilse Oberst | born 1792, died 1858 | farmer | |
| spouse | Ilse Sitstein | born 1818, died 1882 | farm labourer | married 16 December 1840 |
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.