The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1845
Private Piet Potmann Record no. 006608 · The 3rd Marsh Regiment · killed in action, 20 January 1845
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 006608
Record of service
- Name
- Piet Potmann
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 3rd Marsh Regiment, depot at Kessel
- Date of loss
- 20 January 1845
- Cause
- killed in action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 25
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 20 January 1845
1. Entered from the depot at Kessel. 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
- 28 December 1819, at Hagensee, The Sudmark
- Civil occupation
- labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: labourer, of Hagensee.
Next of kin
| father | Josef Potmann | born 1780, died 1845 | miller | |
| mother | Dagny Bachholt | born 1784, died 1841 | farmer |
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.