The only son of Mr. R. Cunningham, Joppa, entered G.W.C. in 1905, and left in 1914, when he entered the service of the National Bank of Scotland. He was a member of the Melville Cricket, Craigard Rugby, and Portobello Amateur Rowing Clubs. Having joined the 11th R.H. in Jan. 1917, he had served only a few weeks when his health seriously broke down. After a long and trying illness he died on Sept. 14, 1917, at the age of 19.
Hugh Rose Cunningham
Royal Scots
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
The son of Mr. W. Cunningham, timber merchant, Leith, was born in 1889, and attended G.W.C. 1899-1905. In Sept. 1914 he enlisted as a Pte. in the 1/9th R.S., and served with that Bn. in France from Jan. to May 1915, and again from Jan. 1916 to July 1917. He was promoted Cpl. in Mar. 1917, and in Dec. of that year was gazetted 2/Lt. Though he had been wounded on three occasions, he returned to France in Mar. 1918, and was attached to the 12th R.S. Reported missing on Apr. 25, 1918, he was subsequently presumed to have been killed in action on that date.
Born in 1885, was a son of Mr. W. Cunningham, Edin. He entered G.W.C. in 1895 and left in 1901, the Classical Medallist and the holder of a George Watson Higher Bursary. In the same year he took first place in the Open Bursary Competition at Edin. Univ. After graduating M.A. (Hons. Classics), he won an Open Scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1905. Unfortunately his health broke down soon after, and he emigrated to Canada. Returning in 1916 with the 13th Can. Mtd. Infy., he was transferred to P.P.C.L.I., with which unit he served in France 1917-18, holding the rank of Sgt. He fell at the capture of Monchy, Aug. 26, 1918. The 'Craigie Cunningham Essay Prize' is founded in his memory.
The third son of the late Adam Currie, J.P., was born at Edinburgh in 1890. Entering G.W.C. in 1899 he remained till 1906, being a member of the O.T.C. 1904-6. He excelled in games, and was awarded the Silver Medal in the Cross Country Run. Emigrating to Canada he joined the Fort Garry Horse in 1914. Returning to this country on the outbreak of war, he served as Cpl. in the L. and B. H. till he received his commission in the R.S. He was in Belgium and France from 1916-18, and took part in the battle of the Somme. Promoted Captain in 1917, he was killed in March of the following year, and is reported buried near Buire sur I'Ancre.
Born in 1892, entered G.W.C. in 1899. He is reported to have joined the 29th (Vancouver) Bn., C.E.F., to have been wounded in 1916, and killed in action later.
A son of the late M. Darker, tea planter, Assam, was born in 1898, and came to G.W.C. from Peterhead Episcopal School in 1909. As a schoolboy he was keenly interested in the O.T.C., in which he was a L/Cpl., and he played many a plucky game as full back in the XVs. of 1914-16. Obtaining a nomination to Sandhurst in Mar. 1916, he was gazetted to the 3rd R.S. in Oct., and crossed to France in the following spring. While attached to the 2nd Bn. of the regiment he was reported missing near Monchy, May 3, 1917. In his memory his bereaved mother has gifted to the School the Neil Darker Memorial Cup, awarded to the best Corps marksman for the year.
John C. Darling, Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force, was the younger son of the late Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Darling, Edinburgh. When at school he distinguished himself as a piper, and was Pipe-Major in the O.T.C. for three years. He was killed in a flying accident while training in Canada in October 1942.
F. Terry Davidson, Borneo Evangelical Mission, son of the late Mr. John Davidson, Publisher, Edinburgh, was born on 22nd June 1902 and attended Watson's from 1915 to 1917. The ship on which he emigrated to Australia was sunk by a German mine and all his possessions were lost. Interesting himself in evangelistic work, he joined the Melbourne Bible Institute and later set out with two companions to evangelise natives in the jungles of Sarawak. In 1935 he was specially chosen by the Borneo Evangelical Mission for work in the Trusan area. On the arrival of the Japanese in 1941 he went up country for several months but ultimately had to surrender. Compulsory labour and malnutrition undermined his health, and he died at Kuching, capital of Sarawak, on 27th April 1945
The younger son of the late W. G. Davies, builder, was born at Edinburgh in 1889. His School career lasted from 1901-6. He became a boy clerk in the Post Office Savings Bank, London, then emigrated to Canada 1911, and took up farming in Saskatchewan. He enlisted as a Pte. in the 1st Can. Mounted Rifles in 1918, was drafted to France in Aug. of that year, was wounded and taken prisoner Sept. 14th, near Cambrai, and died in German hands shortly afterwards.
Was born at Portobello in 1893, and attended G.W.C. 1899-1901. He was Assistant Goldsmith Librarian at London Univ. After serving in Flanders as a Pte. in the 7th King's Shropshire Light Infy., he was killed in action near Polygon Wood Sept. 20, 1917.
