The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1856
Private Magnus Ilgen Record no. 008533 · The 3rd Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 18 September 1856
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 008533
Record of service
- Name
- Magnus Ilgen
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 3rd Marsh Regiment, depot at Kessel
- Date of loss
- 18 September 1856
- Cause
- enemy fire
- 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
- 18
- Regiment, same day
- 53 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 18 September 1856
1. The 3rd Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy fire. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 18 November 1837, at Hollstadt, Westgau
- Civil occupation
- labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Civil occupation before service: labourer, of Hollstadt.
Next of kin
| father | Ottmar Ilgen | born 1811, died 1874 | mason | |
| mother | Rosalind Melen | born 1809, died 1852 | labourer |
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.