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Maurice died in Cambridge Hospital, 21 Jun 1915, after a short illness. He was the youngest son of the late Edward and Mrs. Cunningham, Maisons-Lafitte, France, and grandson of the late Matthew Beilby of Beverley.
Maurice's photograph appeared in the Beverley Guardian in Jan 1916. He was born in Maisons Lafitte, France in 1893, the son of Edward Cunningham and his wife Annie Louisa, daughter of Matthew Beilby, butcher of Beverley. His father was a horse trainer.
Maurice enlisted in Apr 1915 at the Central Hull Recruiting Office to serve in the RAMC, his widowed mother listed as his next of kin; she was living in Maisons Lafitte, Maurice was living in Lairgate, Beverley, employed as a joiner. He was sent to Crookham 7 May 1915, attested to the 91st Field Ambulance of the RAMC, but was deemed unfit and on 10 Jun 1915 he was discharged as unfit for War Service (on medical grounds). A notation on his medical history sheet states he was suffering from tuberculosis. Maurice was hospitalised and died on 21 Jun 1915. He is buried in the Aldershot Military Cemetery
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