James Dick-Cunyngham

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.

James Dick-Cunyngham
Born(1877-03-28)28 March 1877[1]
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire[2]
Died6 November 1935(1935-11-06) (aged 58)[3]
Colchester, Essex
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1898–1935
RankMajor General
Commands heldSouth-Eastern Command
4th Division
152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

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 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]

Family

In 1905 Dick-Cunyngham married Alice Daisy Deane, daughter of Sir Harold Arthur Deane and sister of Lady Humphrys. 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. Anglo-Boer War
  5. "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. No. 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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