BORN SUTTON, HULL 1885. SON OF WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM (1838-1889) AND CATHERINE GILL (1847-1902). AN OIL MILLER. HE LIVED WITH HIS THREE OLDER BROTHERS AT 26 HOOD STREET, HULL. HIS FAMILY WERE FROM SLIGO, IRELAND. HE MARRIED ELIZA LARKHAM (1886-1972), AT ST PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, ON 26/12/1913. WIFE ELIZA (LARKHAM) & CHILDREN LIVED AT 6 GROSVENOR AVENUE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25721 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 44130, 29TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/09/1917, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH AND TWO YOUNG SONS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/09/1918.
HE IS BURIED AT JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, AISNE, FRANCE. HIS GARVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “MAY HE REST IN PEACE”.
