World War 1
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William Edward Cunnington
Forename(s):
William Edward
Surname:
Cunnington
Initial(s):
W E
Service Number:
102625
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment), 2/5th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
14/04/1918
Aged:
30
Buried:
Ploegsteert Memorial (Berks Cemetery Extension)
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, on 7 July 1915 at the age of 26.
Formerly 8345, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Background:
Born 1888 at Ravensworth, Gateshead, resided at Whittingham, Northumberland, the son of Edward (b.1851 in Rutland) & his wife Jane Isabella (née Redhead?; b.1857 at Rothbury, Northumberland) Cunnington.
In 1901 the family was living at the Castle Inn, Whittingham, where Cunnington's father was the Innkeeper. Also living at the address were his younger sisters, Gertrude (b.1892) & May (b.1895), & Margaret Sinclair (14), a Domestic Servant born in the village in 1887.
In 1911 Edward Cunnington was still the Inn Proprietor at the Castle Inn, assisted by his wife & two daughters. They had a new servant girl, Mary Jane Hornaby, aged 15, born in Norfolk, & Cunnington's paternal Aunt Hannah, a Ladies Maid, was living with them.
Pre-war occupation: Architect & Surveyor.
Local Memorial:
Whittingham, Roll of Honour in St. BartholomewÂ’s Church
Whittingham & Callaly 1914-1918 Memorial Stone
Whittingham Memorial Hall Plaque