James Dick-Cunyngham

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James Dick-Cunyngham
Born28 March 1877[1]
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire[2]
Died6 November 1935 (aged 58)[3]
Colchester, Essex
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
Years of service1898–1935
RankMajor-General
Commands held152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade
4th Division
South-Eastern Command
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Major General James Keith Dick-Cunyngham, CB, CMG, DSO (28 March 1877 – 6 November 1935) was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division.

Military career[]

Educated at Cheltenham College,[4] Dick-Cunyngham was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1898.[5] He served in the Second Boer War and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), which he received from King Edward VII in an investiture at St. James′s Palace on 2 June 1902.[6] He later served in the First World War briefly commanding 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade before being taken prisoner-of-war at Le Cornet Malo in Northern France in April 1918.[7] After the War he became an Assistant Adjutant General at the War Office,[5] then commanded the British troops in France and Flanders until November 1921.[8] He was appointed Commander of 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade again in 1927 and then took a tour as Brigadier on the General Staff at Southern Command in India before becoming General Officer Commanding 53rd (Welsh) Division in 1932.[5] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 4th Division in June 1935 before he died in November 1935.[5]

Family[]

In 1905 he married Alice Daisy Deane; they had two daughters.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962
  2. ^ 1881 England Census
  3. ^ Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876–1936
  4. ^ a b Anglo-Boer War
  5. ^ a b c d "Dick-Cunyngham, James". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. ^ "The King's Levee and Investiture". The Times (36784). London. 3 June 1902. p. 10.
  7. ^ The 51st Division War Sketches
  8. ^ "No. 32528". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 24 November 1921. p. 9451.

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Military offices
Preceded by GOC 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
1932–1935 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 4th Division
June 1935–November 1935 		Succeeded by
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