The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1867
Private Magnus Sarpeten Record no. 009871 · The 1st Marsh Regiment · killed in action, 14 December 1867
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 009871
Record of service
- Name
- Magnus Sarpeten
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 1st Marsh Regiment, depot at Marschau
- Date of loss
- 14 December 1867
- Cause
- killed in action
- Action
- The Winter Action at the Long Sedge. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.
- Age at loss
- 20
- Regiment, same day
- 31 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 14 December 1867
1. The 1st Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: killed in action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Awarded the Order of the Reed
For conduct on the Line in the action of 14 December 1867, gazetted by the War Ministry. For steadiness on the Line under conditions of fog and enemy fire. Gazetted by the War Ministry; the decoration was sent to the next of kin with the Ministry's letter.
For conduct on the Line in the action of 14 December 1867, gazetted by the War Ministry. For steadiness on the Line under conditions of fog and enemy fire. Gazetted by the War Ministry; the decoration was sent to the next of kin with the Ministry's letter.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 11 March 1847, at Ostrabruck, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
The above-named was a farm labourer of Ostrabruck before entering the regiment.
Next of kin
| father | Teodor Sarpeten | born 1818, died 1897 | clerk | |
| mother | Gudrun Klessdan | born 1816, died 1891 | vintner |
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.