The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment Raised 1 September 1940 at Vellmar · 86 years on the Line

1. The regiment holds its posts on the Line in rotation with the other Marsh Regiments. 2. Its returns are made to the Records Office weekly. 3. 9 named actions are entered in the order of battle. 4. The line holds.

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

9Named actions

570Names on the rolls

35Decorated

1940First loss

2026Latest loss

Colonels of the regiment

Colonel	From	To
Willem Grau	20 December 1940	31 December 1946
Oskar Hallin	22 April 1946	31 December 1955
Karl Gerst	14 November 1955	31 December 1961
Egon Fenn	20 November 1961	31 December 1969
Ansel Fenn	4 July 1969	31 December 1976
Rolf Wendl	23 October 1976	31 December 1983
Rainer Gerst	3 January 1983	31 December 1988
Markus Wendl	8 August 1988	31 December 1996
Lukas Fronger	20 April 1996	31 December 2002
Felix Brenn	5 January 2002	31 December 2011
Bernd Wendl	5 April 2011	31 December 2017
Anton Weser	20 March 2017	31 December 2025
Dieter Ostrand	11 October 2025	in command

Losses by decade

Decade	Names	Decorated
1940s	189	12
1950s	47	2
1960s	91	6
1970s	74	3
1980s	46	3
1990s	24	1
2000s	28	4
2010s	39	3
2020s	32	1
Total	570	35

Actions

Named actions in which the regiment is recorded, as reported by the Ministry at the time. Casualty and decoration figures are the Ministry's.

Date	Action	Names	Decorated
20 October 1940	The Autumn Action at Sentry Pool. Report.	13	1
2 March 1944	The Spring Action at the Drowned Wood. Report.	37	1
13 August 1946	The Summer Action at the Salt Reach. Report.	15	0
2 April 1947	The Spring Action at the Broken Plank. Report.	39	2
1 March 1961	The Spring Action at Lantern Point. Report.	5	1
12 August 1963	The Summer Action at Sentry Pool. Report.	19	2
24 June 1975	The Summer Action at Black Pool. Report.	20	2
22 April 2016	The Spring Action at the Far Stakes. Report.	8	0
3 October 2025	The Autumn Action at the Salt Reach. Report.	8	0

Decorations

Order	Awarded	First	Latest
the Order of the Reed	15	1940	2018
the Star of the Wardens	6	1948	2007
the Line Medal	14	1941	2024

Decorated men of the regiment

Date	Rank	Name	Of	Cause	Decoration
7 August 2018	Private	Milo Brundfeld	Kessel	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
3 June 2011	Private	Elias Bohm	Vellmar	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
13 July 2009	Major	Jannik Thal	Ostrabruck	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
17 July 2008	Private	Milo Stiegl	Vellmar	enemy fire	the Order of the Reed
13 August 1999	Private	Andreas Fenn	Vellmar	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
15 December 1987	Private	Rainer Zaten	Tarnmund	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
7 January 1980	Private	Rolf Thal	Oberbach	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
12 August 1963	Private	Klaus Krielter	Weinfeld	enemy action Report.	the Order of the Reed
31 October 1951	Private	Kurt Grau	Kohlmar	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
2 April 1947	Corporal	Rudolf Weller	Norrhafen	enemy action Report.	the Order of the Reed
20 July 1946	Private	Magnus Kaltz	Norrbruck	killed in action	the Order of the Reed
13 August 1945	Major	Egon Salm	Tarnmund	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
3 November 1940	Private	Oskar Vetter	Dammberg	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
20 October 1940	Sergeant	Karl Falk	Oberbach	enemy action Report.	the Order of the Reed
21 July 1940	Captain	Willem Fenn	Lindental	enemy action	the Order of the Reed
28 June 2007	Private	Jan Rademann	Grauholt	killed in action	the Star of the Wardens
24 June 1975	Lieutenant	Peter Rusk	Hagenstadt	enemy action Report.	the Star of the Wardens
24 June 1975	Private	Klaus Hallin	Feldholt	enemy action Report.	the Star of the Wardens
13 March 1966	Corporal	Stefan Brenn	Weinhausen	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
1 March 1961	Sergeant	Uwe Kessler	Sudfurt	enemy action Report.	the Star of the Wardens
16 September 1948	Private	Edvard Meholt	Vellmar	enemy action	the Star of the Wardens
9 September 2024	Corporal	Anton Wolter	Hochstadt	enemy fire	the Line Medal
6 February 2011	Private	Jonas Rarmann	Norrtal	enemy action	the Line Medal
12 March 2007	Lieutenant	Stefan Ebner	Norrbruck	enemy action	the Line Medal
12 May 1986	Private	Dieter Rusk	Vellmar	enemy action	the Line Medal
16 September 1970	Private	Nikolaj Vogt	Vellhausen	enemy action	the Line Medal
2 August 1968	Private	Felix Nunder	Kessel	enemy action	the Line Medal
16 August 1963	Corporal	Paul Mauker	Vellmar	enemy action	the Line Medal
12 August 1963	Private	Kurt Brenn	Hollstadt	enemy fire Report.	the Line Medal
17 February 1954	Private	Andreas Brenn	Kessel	enemy fire	the Line Medal

Colonels of the regiment

Losses by decade

Actions

Decorations

Decorated men of the regiment

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