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VC1197    Arthur Edward Cumming

Name   Arthur Edward Cumming   No.      

VC Issue No.   1197   Awards   VC   OBE   MC

Regiment   Indian Army, commanding 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment

Later   

Now   Frontier Force Regiment, Pakistan Army

Rank VC Won    Lieutenant-Colonel

Rank End Of Career   Brigadier

Place Of Birth   Karachi, Pakistan

Place Of Death   Edinburgh, Scotland

Buried/Location Ashes   Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Cremated   Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Date Buried/Cremated   14 April 1971

Headstone   Ashes     Plot/Grave no.   Garden of Remembrance

Gazetted    20 February 1942

VC Presented   29 July 1947, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Named on Chair in Chapel, St Luke's Church, Chelsea, London

P  Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Green Park, London

By The Way…

VC Held By

National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, England

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BORN    18 June 1896

DIED   10 April 1971   AGE   74

VC Won   3 January 1942    AGE    45

Place VC Won   Near Kuantan, Malaya (now Malaysia)

War/Campaign   Second World War