On 20 March 1917, Cunningham was commissioned into the Army Chaplains' Department as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (equivalent in rank to captain).[3] One of his duties during the First World War was to run retreats for those serving as chaplains.[4] He was also the principal of the Chaplains' School in Saint-Omer, France, that provided the training to turn vicars into military chaplains.[5] On 21 March 1919, he relinquished his commission and was appointed an honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class (equivalent to major).[6]
In 1919, Cunningham was appointed Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge.[1] His first duty was to re-open the theological college, as it had been closed during the First World War.[2] He retired as principal at the end of 1943 due to his failing health.[7]
Cunningham, B. K. (1913). Studies in New Testament Thought. London: Student Christian Movement.
Cunningham, B. K., ed. (1932). A Man's Job? What it Means to be a Parson. London: Student Christian Movement Press.
References
^ abcde'CUNNINGHAM, Rev. Bertram Keir', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 17 Aug 2017
^ abc"Obituary: Canon Cunningham". The Times. No. 49956. 12 September 1944. p. 6.