The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1848
Private Ottmar Birk Record no. 007152 · The 3rd Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 21 May 1848
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 007152
Record of service
- Name
- Ottmar Birk
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 3rd Marsh Regiment, depot at Kessel
- Date of loss
- 21 May 1848
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 39
- Regiment, same day
- 2 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 21 May 1848
1. The record is compiled from the regimental return and the Records Office register. 2. The cause of loss is entered as enemy fire. 3. The name stands on the roll for the year and is read at Victory Square. 4. No further particulars are published, under the Press Act.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 5 August 1808, at Vellmar, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- housekeeper
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: housekeeper, of Vellmar.
Next of kin
| child | Ivo Birk | born 1835, died 1895 | cook | |
| child | Henrike Birk | born 1842, died 1898 | housekeeper | |
| father | Ottmar Birk | born 1783, died 1838 | farm labourer | |
| mother | Cordula Brenn | born 1784, died 1848 | labourer | |
| spouse | Mathilde Lenz | born 1807, died 1879 | farm labourer | married 26 November 1833 |
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.