The 5th Marsh Regiment Raised 1 March 1899 at Tarnmund · 127 years on the Line

1. Raised at Tarnmund; 127 years on the Line. 2. Colonels as listed below. 3. Losses by decade as tabulated. 4. The Ministry publishes the official date and cause only.

The regimental badge is the seven-pointed star over the stake, as on the seal.

15Named actions

1,201Names on the rolls

72Decorated

1899First loss

2026Latest loss

Colonels of the regiment

Colonel	From	To
Ivo Hiesshardt	4 September 1899	31 December 1904
Emil Mahler	22 June 1904	31 December 1911
Paul Franwitz	29 May 1911	31 December 1919
Tobias Wendl	22 September 1919	31 December 1925
Oskar Egge	20 January 1925	31 December 1930
Edvard Vogt	12 July 1930	31 December 1938
Bruno Hiehardt	19 July 1938	31 December 1943
Bruno Voss	5 October 1943	31 December 1951
Friedl Brenn	17 February 1951	31 December 1958
Konrad Rachsas	11 November 1958	31 December 1967
Otto Brack	2 July 1967	31 December 1976
Uwe Wendl	8 December 1976	31 December 1984
Leon Rusk	6 September 1984	31 December 1990
Gregor Kessler	6 September 1990	31 December 1996
Heinz Marsch	21 May 1996	30 June 1999
Thomas Birk	24 March 1999	31 December 2008
Lukas Hallin	1 December 2008	31 December 2017
Jurgen Tonnholt	8 September 2017	in command

Losses by decade

Decade	Names	Decorated
1890s	29	1
1900s	145	8
1910s	165	12
1920s	135	7
1930s	186	13
1940s	122	5
1950s	105	7
1960s	73	5
1970s	55	2
1980s	54	5
1990s	35	2
2000s	35	0
2010s	27	2
2020s	35	3
Total	1,201	72

Actions

The order of battle enters the following actions against the regiment.

Date	Action	Names	Decorated
28 October 1908	The Autumn Action at the Widow's Reach. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	25	2
13 December 1910	The Winter Action at the Long Sedge. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	14	4
5 September 1912	The Autumn Action at the Reed Gate. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	22	2
19 April 1934	The Spring Action at Black Pool. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	19	0
26 November 1934	The Autumn Action at the Third Stake. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	13	1
6 June 1936	The Summer Action at Crow Island. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	27	1
26 June 1939	The Summer Action at Heron Bend. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	28	3
13 September 1949	The Autumn Action at the Drowned Wood. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	31	1
27 April 1950	The Spring Action at the Third Stake. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	24	3
22 March 1954	The Spring Action at the Eel Cut. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	8	1
30 October 1958	The Autumn Action at the Drowned Wood. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	19	1
10 May 1967	The Spring Action at the Eel Cut. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	16	0
8 June 1996	The Summer Action at the Eel Cut. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	5	0
2 October 2005	The Autumn Action at the Sunk Causeway. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	9	0
23 February 2026	The Winter Action at Fog Corner. The 5th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.	8	0

Decorations

Order	Awarded	First	Latest
the Order of the Reed	23	1906	2023
the Star of the Wardens	26	1899	2026
the Line Medal	23	1900	2020

Decorated men of the regiment

Date	Rank	Name	Of	Cause	Decoration
6 February 2023	Sergeant	Jan Brenn	Norrwick	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
9 September 2014	Sergeant	Andreas Keter	Kesselkirchen	enemy fire	the Order of the Reed
23 December 1983	Private	Felix Nagel	Feldburg	enemy fire	the Order of the Reed
19 November 1965	Sergeant	Felix Kacher	Brennholt	enemy fire	the Order of the Reed
27 April 1950	Private	Arno Kedilt	Tarnmund	enemy action Report.	the Order of the Reed
1 April 1946	Private	Kurt Totenn	Hollwald	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
7 May 1943	Private	Ludwig Dindscha	Vellmar	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
5 August 1942	Private	Viktor Brenn	Hollstadt	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
26 June 1939	Private	Leon Tickel	Sanding	enemy action Report.	the Order of the Reed
26 June 1939	Lieutenant	Bertil Pfeil	Vellmar	enemy action Report.	the Order of the Reed
19 December 1932	Private	Karl Brenn	Kessel	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
1 December 1929	Private	Arno Crull	Ostrabruck	enemy fire	the Order of the Reed
20 November 1925	Private	Viktor Baum	Norrtal	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
14 October 1921	Private	Roland Brenn	Hollstadt	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
23 January 1921	Lieutenant	Viktor Dill	Vellmar	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
24 November 1920	Private	Ludwig Beren	Reedtal	killed in action	the Order of the Reed
5 September 1912	Lieutenant	Bruno Zaten	Tarnmund	enemy action Report.	the Order of the Reed
13 December 1910	Sergeant	Karl Baum	Kessel	killed in action Report.	the Order of the Reed
30 August 1909	Private	Ernst Fenn	Vellhausen	killed in action	the Order of the Reed
28 October 1908	Private	Ludwig Lenz	Tarnmoor	killed in action Report.	the Order of the Reed
28 October 1908	Corporal	Leon Brenn	Weinau	enemy action Report.	the Order of the Reed
24 October 1907	Private	Hugo Tautmann	Ostrabruck	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
8 October 1906	Corporal	Bertil Broffel	Ostrabruck	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
12 May 2026	Corporal	Martin Kolm	Norrbruck	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
14 April 2013	Private	Finn Hallin	Brennholt	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
31 August 1992	Private	Martin Brenn	Hagenkirchen	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
27 April 1990	Sergeant	Oskar Brenn	Grauholt	killed in action	the Star of the Wardens
19 July 1987	Major	Nikolaj Fenn	Vellmar	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
7 October 1981	Private	Dieter Holt	Vellmar	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
16 May 1981	Corporal	Dieter Brenn	Hollhausen	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens

Colonels of the regiment

Losses by decade

Actions

Decorations

Decorated men of the regiment

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