Name
Ernest Hall Cunningham
Born
1893-12-12
Birth Place
Occupation
Farmer
Religion
Baptist
Died
1917-08-15
Death Place
France
Death
Killed in Action
Awards
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Monument
Service Record 1
Regimental Number
252428
Highest Rank
Private
Conflict
Battalion
209th Battalion
Enlisted
Swift Current, SK
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1916-03-10
Service Record 2
Regimental Number
252428
Highest Rank
Private
Conflict
Battalion
10th Canadian Infantry Battalion
Enlisted
Swift Current, SK
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1916-03-10
Artefacts, Photographs & Resources
For more information about Ernest Hall Cunningham, and the artifacts featured below, visit the Bruce County Museum's Online Collections.
Online Collections Link
Notes
“Circumstances of Casualty” are noted in Cunningham’s personnel file as “Took part in the attack on Hill 70, near Loos, early on the morning of August 15th 1917, and was last seen in the front line just previous to the “jump off”, no details being available relative to the circumstances of his death”.Sources & Links
- a) Ernest Hall Cunningham fonds- b) Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial https://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000001321
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
News Clippings
160th Bruce Battalion Cap Badge
Swift Current Collar Badge
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Victory Medal (Side A)
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Victory Medal (Side B)
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British War Medal (Side A)
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British War Medal (Side B)
Cunningham personal effects list
Certificate of Enlistment, 209th Battalion
Cunningham picture postcard, back
July 17, 1917 envelope (with letters marked II to VI)
Thompson letter to Cunningham, July 23, 1917, p. 1
Thompson letter to Cunningham, July 23, 1917, p. 2
Cunningham picture postcard, front
Thompson letter to Cunningham, July 23, 1917, p. 3
Commemorative Memorial Scroll
![Cunningham letter (III), [July 1917?]](http://bruceremembers.org/wp-content/uploads/Amba.ImagePowerTools/ContentItem_233_Artifacts/A995.050.014 - Cunningham pg III-0FF618A7FA0AA8AF6434ADC0C1DA7202.jpg)
Cunningham letter (III), [July 1917?]
![Cunningham letter (V), [July 1917?]](http://bruceremembers.org/wp-content/uploads/Amba.ImagePowerTools/ContentItem_233_Artifacts/A995.050.014 - Cunningham pg V-0FF618A7FA0AA8AF6434ADC0C1DA7202.jpg)
Cunningham letter (V), [July 1917?]
![Cunningham letter (VI), [July 1917?]](http://bruceremembers.org/wp-content/uploads/Amba.ImagePowerTools/ContentItem_233_Artifacts/A995.050.014 - Cunningham pg VI-0FF618A7FA0AA8AF6434ADC0C1DA7202.jpg)
Cunningham letter (VI), [July 1917?]
Envelope, July 17, 1917
Memorial certificate, 1918
Ernest H. Cunningham portrait, 1916
![Cunningham letter (IV), [July 1917?]](http://bruceremembers.org/wp-content/uploads/Amba.ImagePowerTools/ContentItem_233_Artifacts/A995.050.014 - Cunningham pg IV-0FF618A7FA0AA8AF6434ADC0C1DA7202.jpg)
Cunningham letter (IV), [July 1917?]
160th Battalion Enlistment Card
![Cunningham letter (II), [July 1917?]](http://bruceremembers.org/wp-content/uploads/Amba.ImagePowerTools/ContentItem_233_Artifacts/A995.050.014 - Cunningham pg II-0FF618A7FA0AA8AF6434ADC0C1DA7202.jpg)
Cunningham letter (II), [July 1917?]
Memorial Cross
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Memorial Cross
Memorial Plaque
Paisley Advocate, Sept. 12, 1917
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Walkerton Telescope, Sept. 6, 1917
Walkerton Telescope, August 15, 1918
