Translation request: Death record for Richard Christian Rickertsen
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Richard died young in 1915. Is there anything in his death record stating that he was a soldier during WWI? I appreciate the help very much!
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Translation:
No. 1218
Hamburg , September 27, 1915
Upon written notification of the Ersatz Bataillion Landwehr Infanterie Regiment No. 21 (replacement batallion infantry regiment No. 21) in Altona, it is registered that the Landsturmmann (soldier) of the 1st Company of said regiment - teacher Richard Christian Rickertsen, Lutheran religion, residing in Hamburg, hinter den Höfen 7, born in Ockholm, district Husum, on January 10, 1882, married to Henriette Wilhelmine Emma née Beermann, son of the deceased spouses in Handewitt baker Carsten Martin Rickertsen and Inke née Petersen, died by a shot to the head during the storming of Fort IV of Grodno on September 1, 1915. The time and hour of death are not given.
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The registrar Mangelsen
The correspondence with the main register is certified:
Hamburg, September 27, 1915
The registrar Mangelsen0
