The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1859
Private Ottmar Rechel Record no. 008902 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 13 February 1859
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 008902
Record of service
- Name
- Ottmar Rechel
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 13 February 1859
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 26
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 13 February 1859
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Awarded the Line Medal
For conduct on the Line, gazetted by the War Ministry. For conduct on the Line in the face of the enemy. The citation is gazetted in the customary form and no further particulars are published.
For conduct on the Line, gazetted by the War Ministry. For conduct on the Line in the face of the enemy. The citation is gazetted in the customary form and no further particulars are published.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 8 July 1832, at Feldstadt, Westgau
- Civil occupation
- miller
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a miller of Feldstadt before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| child | Anneke Rechel | born 1854, died 1915 | farm labourer | |
| father | Rainer Rechel | born 1767, died 1843 | farm labourer | |
| mother | Elke Miechle | born 1793, died 1856 | weaver | |
| spouse | Katrin Lutfrun | born 1833, died 1856 | farmer | married 9 November 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.