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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5350 Pte. G. Robinson. Norfolk Reg)
[ KSA (2) ]

KSA listed on WO100/321p286

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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (3376 Pte J. Fisk, Norfolk Regt);
[ KSA (2) ]

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

IGS 1854 (1) Waziristan 1894-5 (2490 Lce. Corpl. G. Cunningham Tel: Dept.);
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (2490 Pte. G. Cullingham (sic), Norfolk Regt.);
KSA (2) (2490 Pte. G. Cunningham. Norfolk Regt.)

George Cunningham was born in the Parish of Hetherset, Norfolk, and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Wymondham on 24 December 1889, aged 18 years 2 months. He served in India from 30 September 1891 to 20 January 1898, and was attached to the Telegraph Department in the Waziristan campaign of 1894-95. Cunningham served in South Africa from 4 January 1900 to 25 July 1902, and was discharged on 26 July 1902.

By the time of the 1911 census Cunningham was 37 and living at 46 Elm Road, Leytonstone. His occupation is recorded as being a porter for the Great Eastern Railway. The 1939 Register records Cunningham as being 65 and living with his wife on Back Road in North Witchford, near Ely in Cambridgeshire. His occupation shows as railway foreman, retired, and he died at 30 Cambridge Row, Benwick, Cambridgeshire in April 1963.