The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1856
Private Tomas Falk Record no. 008480 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 4 January 1856
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 008480
Record of service
- Name
- Tomas Falk
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 4 January 1856
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 29
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 4 January 1856
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.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 9 December 1826, at Weinau, The Sudmark
- Civil occupation
- farmer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a farmer.
Next of kin
| child | Xaver Falk | born 1854, died 1926 | nurse | |
| child | Gudrun Falk | born 1855, died 1856 | teacher | |
| father | Tomas Falk | born 1796, died 1817 | clerk | |
| mother | Ilse Truring | born 1794, died 1860 | mason | |
| spouse | Dagny Niennteir | born 1824, died 1881 | brewer | married 10 December 1854 |
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.