The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1844
Private Matthis Soner Record no. 006344 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 13 April 1844
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 006344
Record of service
- Name
- Matthis Soner
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 13 April 1844
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- The Spring Action at the Drowned Wood. 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
- 40
- Regiment, same day
- 43 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 13 April 1844
1. The 2nd Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy fire. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 27 March 1804, at Vellmar, The Capital District
- 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 | Liesl Soner | born 1826, died 1827 | shopkeeper | |
| child | Xaver Soner | born 1830, died 1897 | weaver | |
| child | Gudrun Soner | born 1833, died 1834 | farm labourer | |
| father | Fedor Soner | born 1776, died 1844 | farm labourer | |
| mother | Johanna Minder | born 1772, died 1847 | farmer | |
| spouse | Mathilde Zeller | born 1792, died 1852 | farmer | married 5 October 1825 |
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.