CUNNINGHAM, Harry

Rank: 
Private (Acting Lance Corporal)
Unit / Base: 
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7357055
Honours & Awards: 
Lance Corporal Harry Cunningham, R.A.M.C. attached as Medical Orderly to No.4 Commando, was awarded the Military Medal [1] in recognition of gallantry of the highest order whilst accompanying leading troops during prolonged and bitter street fighting in the town of Flushing on the 1st November 1944 [2].
 
Sources
[1] London Gazette 36994, page 1543.
[2] National Archives file WO373/52/797.
 

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