5524 Brigadier James Crossley CUNNINGHAM, MC, MiD, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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    Personal Number: 5524
    Rank: Brigadier
    Name: James Crossley CUNNINGHAM, MC, MiD
    Unit: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders


    London Gazette : 11 August 1914
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28867/page/6305/data.pdf
    The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets from the Royal Military Academy and Royal Military College, etc., to be Second Lieutenants: —
    Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders).
    Lieutenant James Crossley Cunningham, from 4th Battalion.

    London Gazette : 22 May 1915
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29170/supplement/4998/data.pdf
    Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders').
    Second Lieutenant J. C. Cunningham to be Lieutenant; temporary from the 12th December, 1914, substantive from the 11th May, 1915.

    London Gazette : 15 October 1920
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32085/supplement/9975/data.pdf
    The following are among the Decorations and Medals awarded by the Allied Powers at various dates to the British Forces for distin- guished services rendered during the courseof the campaign : —
    His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission in all cases to wear the Decorations and Medals in question.
    DECORATIONS CONFERRED BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE SERBS, CROATES AND SLOVENES. Order of the White Eagle "with Swords."
    4th Class.
    Captain James Crossley Cunningham, M.C. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

    London Gazette : 11 March 1941
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35099/supplement/1428/data.pdf
    A. & S.H.
    Maj. J. C. Cunningham, M.C. (5524), to- be Lt.-Col. 19th Feb. 1941.

    London Gazette : 22 March 1945
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36994/supplement/1548/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe:—
    Commands and Staff
    Brig, (temp.) J. C. Cunningham, M.C. (5524), late A. & S.H.
     
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    See also:
    • Biography of Brigadier James Crossley Cunningham (1893 – 1982), Great Britain
    • Private Papers of Brigadier J C Cunningham MC
    • "Summary ts account (14pp) of the whole of his military career from 1914 to 1970, including his service with the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, August - November 1914, and the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, May 1915 - March 1918, on the Western Front and in Salonika (from December 1915), as well as his commands of the 12th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, April - December 1919, of the Shetland Defences, January 1941 - July 1942, and of the 9th Infantry Brigade (3rd Division), July 1942 - June 1944, when he was wounded on D-Day."
     

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