CUNNINGHAM, James
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Tank Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3525713
Honours & Awards:
Corporal James Cunningham was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving as a Sherman tank driver in the Royal Tank Corps. His gallantry took place during a full armoured attack on 26 March 1943 near El Hamma in Tunisia.
The date that he was attached to No.2 Commando is not known. Post war he was a member of the original Commando Association and is recorded as a member they had lost contact with. His last known address was in Royton, Lancs.
Sources
London Gazette 36057, page 2761.
National Archives file WO373/ 25/120.
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3 published Sept. 1973.
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