The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1859
Private Josef Ziegel Record no. 008940 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 8 December 1859
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 008940
Record of service
- Name
- Josef Ziegel
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 8 December 1859
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 22
- Regiment, same day
- 2 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 8 December 1859
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy fire. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 22 June 1837, at Vellmar, The Capital District
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a farm labourer.
Next of kin
| father | Aurel Ziegel | born 1814, died 1895 | vintner | |
| mother | Frida Dielnos | born 1813, died 1889 | official |
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.