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L/Cpl. Peter Cunningham
British Army 26th Btn (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Peter Cunningham died aged 19 whilst serving with the 26th Btn (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers. He was born in Jarrow, son of John and Margaret Cunningham (nee McGregor). On the 1911 census he is recorded as Peter Cunningham age 14, along with his younger brother Henry Cunningham age 12 at Chadwick Memorial Industrial School at Stanwix near Carlisle. He enlisted in Newcastle.
Peter is buried Serre Road Cemetery No. 2. and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.