The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1848
Private Hendrik Lerschis Record no. 007175 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 5 May 1848
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 007175
Record of service
- Name
- Hendrik Lerschis
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 5 May 1848
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Spring Action at the Ninth Kilometre. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 30
- Regiment, same day
- 66 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 5 May 1848
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 8 October 1817, at Norrhafen, The Sudmark
- Civil occupation
- farmer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a farmer of Norrhafen before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Hendrik Lerschis | born 1839, died 1877 | farmer | |
| child | Elke Lerschis | born 1842, died 1875 | labourer | |
| child | Fedor Lerschis | born 1843, died 1861 | farmer | |
| child | Jorn Lerschis | born 1845, died 1919 | farmer | |
| child | Tomas Lerschis | born 1847, died 1894 | smith | |
| father | Ulrik Lerschis | born 1791, died 1822 | brewer | |
| mother | Elke Fenn | born 1798, died 1861 | farm labourer | |
| spouse | Mathilde Moor | born 1816, died 1865 | brewer | married 30 December 1839 |
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.