The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1856
Private Werner Deichen Record no. 008453 · The 3rd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 18 September 1856
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 008453
Record of service
- Name
- Werner Deichen
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 3rd Marsh Regiment, depot at Kessel
- Date of loss
- 18 September 1856
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Autumn Action at Crow Island. The 3rd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 23
- Regiment, same day
- 53 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 18 September 1856
1. The record is compiled from the regimental return and the Records Office register. 2. The cause of loss is entered as enemy action. 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
- 14 December 1832, at Marschau, The Osmoor
- Civil occupation
- clerk
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a clerk.
Next of kin
| child | Konrad Deichen | born 1856, died 1880 | official | |
| father | Bertil Deichen | born 1786, died 1856 | housekeeper | |
| mother | Liesl Kaltz | born 1803, died 1854 | farmer | |
| spouse | Dagny Fuchs | born 1828, died 1906 | farm labourer | married 13 March 1853 |
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.