The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1841
Private Casimir Klasen Record no. 005906 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 25 March 1841
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 005906
Record of service
- Name
- Casimir Klasen
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 25 March 1841
- Cause
- enemy fire
- 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
- 26
- 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 fire. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Awarded the Order of the Reed
For conduct on the Line in the action of 25 March 1841, gazetted by the War Ministry. For conduct on the Line in the face of the enemy. The citation is gazetted in the customary form and no further particulars are published.
For conduct on the Line in the action of 25 March 1841, gazetted by the War Ministry. For conduct on the Line in the face of the enemy. The citation is gazetted in the customary form and no further particulars are published.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 9 September 1814, at Oberbach, Kesselhöh
- Civil occupation
- farmer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a farmer.
Next of kin
| father | Magnus Klasen | born 1789, died 1857 | farm labourer | |
| mother | Margit Haunich | born 1789, died 1839 | weaver |
Next of kin as entered at the depot and confirmed by the National Archive.
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.