The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1813
Private Matthis Marsch Record no. 000693 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 16 June 1813
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 000693
Record of service
- Name
- Matthis Marsch
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 16 June 1813
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 41
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 16 June 1813
1. Entered from the depot at Marschau. 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.
Awarded the Order of the Reed
For conduct on the Line, gazetted by the War Ministry. For steadiness on the Line under conditions of fog and enemy fire. Gazetted by the War Ministry; the decoration was sent to the next of kin with the Ministry's letter.
For conduct on the Line, gazetted by the War Ministry. For steadiness on the Line under conditions of fog and enemy fire. Gazetted by the War Ministry; the decoration was sent to the next of kin with the Ministry's letter.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 30 April 1772, at Eisenheim, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- smith
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: smith, of Eisenheim.
Next of kin
| child | Agathe Marsch | born 1804, died 1882 | labourer | |
| child | Fedor Marsch | born 1807, died 1883 | weaver | |
| child | Rainer Marsch | born 1810, died 1836 | farmer | |
| child | Ursula Marsch | born 1811, died 1887 | farm labourer | |
| child | Rosalind Marsch | born 1812, died 1872 | housekeeper | |
| spouse | Katrin Batneilt | born 1763, died 1809 | peat cutter | married 16 May 1804 |
| spouse | Wilma Listpoff | born 1787, died 1839 | farm labourer | married 6 February 1810 |
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.