James Dick-Cunyngham | |
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Born | [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] | 28 March 1877
Died | 6 November 1935[3] Colchester, Essex | (aged 58)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1898–1935 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held |
South-Eastern Command 4th Division 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade |
Battles/wars | First World War |
Awards |
Companion 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 the 4th Division in 1935.
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 awarded 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 the 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 the 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]
In 1905 Dick-Cunyngham married Alice Daisy Deane, daughter of Sir Harold Arthur Deane and sister of Lady Humphrys. They had two daughters. [4]