Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Thomas Francis Cunningham
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 1914
- Place of enlistment: Buckie
- Service no: N/A
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards: Military Cross
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 1/4th Battalion, (attached Machine Gun Corps)
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 24.11.1886
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 3 Murray St, Dundee
- Occupation: Pianist, Buckie Lyceum
- Mother:
Catherine McKenzie, 3 Murray St, Dundee
- Father:
Thomas Cunningham, 3 Murray St, Dundee
- Siblings:
Kathleen, Andrewina Thomas, Malcolm Gregory & Roderick McMahon
- Spouse:
- Children:
- Age at Death: 41
- Date of Death: 1928
- Place of Death: Dundee
- Burial Country: Scotland
- Cemetery: Dundee Eastern Cemetery
More about Thomas Francis Cunningham
At the outbreak of war, Thomas enlisted with the 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders and rose through the ranks to become a Sergeant. He was commissioned in the 1st Battalion, Black Watch as 2nd Lt, 31 May 1915. Seeing much action with his regiment he was wounded in 1916, receiving wounds to both hands which required him to be returned to the UK for further treatment. Thomas was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 for “Conspicuous gallantry in action. He brought his machine gun to within thirty yards of the enemy trench, thereby enfilading the trench and assisting the infantry to advance, later he was wounded but able to control the fire of his gun.”
Prior to enlistment Thomas worked in the office of P F & J Husband, Solicitors, Dundee.
Information and images very kindly supplied by Genevieve Hutton
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