The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1853
Corporal Tomas Mossbach Record no. 008041 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 26 September 1853
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 008041
Record of service
- Name
- Tomas Mossbach
- Rank
- Corporal
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 26 September 1853
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 37
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 26 September 1853
1. Entered from the depot at Ostrabruck. 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
- 31 December 1815, at Kessel, Kesselhöh
- Civil occupation
- smith
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a smith of Kessel before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Marit Mossbach | born 1845, died 1850 | farmer | |
| father | Gustav Mossbach | born 1793, died 1845 | peat cutter | |
| mother | Ilse Brenn | born 1794, died 1843 | teacher | |
| spouse | Vera Lekleich | born 1816, died 1853 | peat cutter | married 2 November 1842 |
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.