Ronald Cunningham was born in Luton in October 1899.

In 1901 aged just 1 year old he is living with his family at no 16 Gladstone Avenue.

His father John Christopher is 39 & a travelling drapery & clothing retailer, his mother Clara is 40 & at home looking after Ronald & his siblings, 12 year old Christopher Angus, 9 year old Margaret Eva, 8 year old Alice Jean & John Crawford who is 6.