WW1 German Miliärpass – Gefreiter Wilhelm Kühne – Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Friedrich der Niederlande (2. Westfälisches) Nr. 15 – Iron Cross – Wounds Badge – Verdun

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Gefreiter Wilhelm Kühne

Medals: Iron Cross Second Class 30.4.1918 (Western Front), Wounds Badge . 14.5.1918

Born in Prussia, joined in 1913 a replacement unit, before being posted to: 

Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Friedrich der Niederlande (2. Westfälisches) Nr. 15

Wounded Once with the above unit in Niewka (Eastern Poland) in 1914. 

After his recovery in hospitals across Germany, he was posted to:

Reserve Infanterie Regiment 218 and a short switch to Niederrheinisches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 39

Wounded with a bullet to the head in Lapole. 

The 47th Reserve Division initially fought on the Western Front, entering the line in October between the Meuse and Moselle and remaining there until late November, when it was transported to the Eastern Front. It fought in the Limanowa-Lapanow in December 1914 suffering heavy casualties and Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive in 1915. In May 1917, it returned to the Western Front, and occupied the line near Verdun. In 1918, the division fought in the German spring offensive, breaking through at St.Quentin–La Fère and fighting on to the Montdidier-Noyon region. It later saw action in the Second Battle of the Marne. The division was in Lorraine when it was disbanded on August 2, 1918. In 1917, Allied intelligence rated the division as a mediocre division. In 1918 it was rated second class, and it was noted that its strength had been allowed to diminish without replenishment, leading to its dissolution.

He was discharged from the Army in late 1919.