James Dick-Cunyngham

James Dick-Cunyngham
Born	28 March 1877
Died	1935
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1898 - 1935
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade 4th Division South-Eastern Command
Battles/wars	World War I
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 - 1935) was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division.

Military career

Educated at Cheltenham College,^[1] Dick-Cunyngham was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1898.^[2] He served in the Second Boer War and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), which he received from King Edward VII during an investiture at St. James′s Palace on 2 June 1902.^[3] He later served in the World War I briefly commanding 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade before being taken prisoner-of-war at Le Cornet Malo in Northern France in April 1918.^[4] After the War he became Assistant Adjutant General at the War Office.^[2] He was appointed Commander of 152nd (Seaforth and Cameron) Infantry Brigade again in 1927 and then took a tour as Brigadier-General on the General Staff at Southern Command in India before becoming General Officer Commanding 53rd (Welsh) Division in 1932.^[2] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 4th Division in June 1935 before he died in November 1935.^[2]

Family

In 1905 he married Alice Daisy Deane; they had two daughters.^[1]

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