BORN HULL 1898. YOUNGEST CHILD OF WILLIAM & MARIA KUNZIE OF 81 , GLASGOW STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH BORN IN GERMANY. SON OF A COACH WHEELER AND COACH BUILDER. HE HAD TWO ELDER SISTERS, HELEN AND MARY KUNZIE AND TWO OLDER BROTHERS, CHARLES AND ALFRED KUNZIE (WHO EMIGRATED TO OHIO AND ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY).
WILLIAM ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 24833 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 15T DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARIA.
NOTE HIS SURNAME SPELT “KIENZIE” IN THE 1901 CENSUS.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
25655
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
