Other Information:Edward was educated at Reading College; at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; and at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London - entering in 1912, he obtained the diplomas of M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1915. He then filled the post of house physician and Medical Receiving Room Officer at the hospital. He was a keen archaeologist, who loved studying prehistoric relics, and was a fellow of the Cambrian Archaeological Society, taking part in its annual meeting. Edward obtained a commission in the R.A.M.C. in 1915, and was first sent to Egypt attached to the 95th Field Ambulance, and on his return was appointed medical officer to the 12th Bn. York and Lancashire Regiment, with whom he served for two years in France. He returned to his original unit a few days before his death, which was due to a shell in his advanced dressing station whilst he was attending to the wounded. Edward was the only son of Benjamin Howard Cunnington J.P. of 33 Long Street, Devizes; and the husband of Maud Edith Cunnington.
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