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Feb 16, 1883
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Born in Athelington, Suffolk,
England to Thomas T. and Ellen Betsy (nee Mole) Cunnell
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Nov 7, 1906
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Married to Florence Emma
Stringer in Bedingfield, Suffolk, England
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Apr 28, 1911
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Ernest and his wife Florence
embarked the SS Lake Champlain in Liverpool
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May 9, 1911
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Disembarked in Montreal,
Quebec and proceeded to Bloomfield, Ontario
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Nov 12, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59221 (temporary number 168)
Ø Next of kin given as Florence Emma Cunnell, wife,
Trenton, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Farmer
Ø Previous military experience given as 3 years in
the Suffolk Regiment in England
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Posted to “B” Company
o This was later reorganized into “A” Company
The 21st Battalion trained
in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.
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Feb 23, 1915
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Appointed to the provisional
rank of Corporal
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Jul 1, 1915
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Confirmed in the rank of
Corporal
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Dec 8, 1915
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Admitted to the Divisional
Rest Station with a diagnosis that reads Enteritis
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Dec 9, 1915
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Transferred to the No. 4
Canadian Field Ambulance
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Dec 11, 1915
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Discharged to duty from
hospital care
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Dec 17, 1915
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Admitted to the No. 5 CFA
(Canadian Field Ambulance) with a diagnosis that reads Chilblains in his feet
and transferred to the rest station at the No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance in
Locre, Belgium
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Dec 21, 1915
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Transferred to the North
Midlands Casualty Clearing Station at Mont des Cats
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Dec 23, 1915
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Transferred to the No. 15,
Casualty Clearing Station
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Jan 14, 1916
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Transferred to the No. 2
Canadian Stationary Hospital in Boulogne with a diagnosis that reads Muscular
Rheumatism with complaints of pain in the joints of his great toes, ankles
and knees. On admission he is noted as
having fallen arches and hammer toes in both feet.
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Jan 18, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Jan Breydel
On arrival in England he was
admitted to the Bevin Military Hospital in Sandgate
Transferred to the 39th
Reserve Battalion for pay purposes while in hospital
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Jan 31, 1916
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Transferred to the Monks
Horton Convalescent Hospital
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Feb 2, 1916
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Discharged to duty with the 39th
Reserve Battalion in West Sandling
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May 10, 1916
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Admitted to the Monks Horton
Convalescent Hospital
Transferred to the CCAC
(Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Jun 2, 1916
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Discharged from hospital to
the CCAC
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Sep 23, 1916
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Appointed to rank of Acting
Sergeant while employed as Orderly Room Sergeant
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Mar 10, 1917
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Transferred to the EORD
(Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) and attached to the St. Leonard’s Hospital
for duty
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Mar 17, 1917
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Appointed to the rank of
Acting Company Sergeant Major while employed as such at the St. Leonard’s
Hospital
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May 1, 1917
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Reverted to the rank of
Corporal
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Jul 19, 1917
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Transferred to the 6th
Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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Aug 7, 1917
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Transferred to the Eastern
Ontario Regimental Depot in Seaford
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Aug 14, 1917
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Attached to the Trench Warfare
School in Bexhill for duty
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Sep 9, 1917
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Ceased to be attached to the
Trench Warfare School
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Oct 31, 1917
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Attached to the CDD (Canadian
Discharge Depot) in Buxton pending return to Canada
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Nov 6, 1917
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Embarked the SS Olympic in
Liverpool
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Nov 14, 1917
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia and proceeded to Quebec City, Quebec
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Dec 1, 1917
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Medical Board at Quebec City
notes
Ø No current
disability in hips or knees
Ø Joints of both feet
are rigid making walking difficult
Transferred to the No. 3
Special Service Company in Kingston, Ontario
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Jan 31, 1918
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Discharged from the CEF at
Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Corporal
Ø War Service Badge
Class “A” issued
Ø War Service Badge Class
“B” issued
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Trenton, Ontario
Following the end of the war
the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at
Post Office Box 517, Trenton, Ontario
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From the
1954 summer issue of the Communiqué
(the 21st Battalion post war newsletter)
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Sep 29, 1965
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The 1965 Canadian Voter List
shows Ernest and Emma Cunnell living at 32 Gotha St., Trenton, Ontario
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Jun 5, 1966
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Ernest Cunnell died in
Trenton, Ontario
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