The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1844
Sergeant Matthis Kreren Record no. 006313 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 28 July 1844
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 006313
Record of service
- Name
- Matthis Kreren
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 28 July 1844
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Summer Action at the Eel Cut. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 37
- Regiment, same day
- 40 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 28 July 1844
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
- 26 January 1807, at Oberholt, Norrfeld
- Civil occupation
- miller
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a miller of Oberholt before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Greta Kreren | born 1834, died 1909 | farmer | |
| child | Ilse Kreren | born 1836, died 1896 | labourer | |
| child | Hanne Kreren | born 1838, died 1844 | carter | |
| father | Ansel Kreren | born 1771, died 1840 | farmer | |
| mother | Ursula Tolmann | born 1783, died 1844 | labourer | |
| spouse | Sophie Dill | born 1807, died 1850 | farmer | married 10 March 1831 |
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.