The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1863
Private Ottmar Lerschis Record no. 009474 · The 4th Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 26 December 1863
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 009474
Record of service
- Name
- Ottmar Lerschis
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 4th Marsh Regiment, depot at Hollstadt
- Date of loss
- 26 December 1863
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- The Winter Action at the Eel Cut. The 4th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 19
- Regiment, same day
- 58 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 26 December 1863
1. Entered from the depot at Hollstadt. 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 July 1844, at Brennholt, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a farm labourer of Brennholt before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| father | Aurel Lerschis | born 1791, died 1833 | official | |
| mother | Margit Meinnberg | born 1804, died 1880 | farm 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.