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VC803   John Cunningham

Name   John Cunningham   No.   3916   POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   803   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Later   

Now   Disbanded

Rank VC Won   Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Corporal

Place Of Birth   Hall Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Place Of Death   Field hospital near Barlin, Pas-de-Calais, France

Buried/Location Ashes   Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, 5 miles south of Bethune, Pas de Calais, France

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)    Plot/Grave no.   Plot I, Row A, Grave 39

Gazetted   8 June 1917

VC Presented   21 July 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his mother, Johanna

Memorials

P  Headstone, Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, 5 miles south of Bethune, Pas de Calais, France

Memorial Tablet, St Mary's Church, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Named on War Memorial, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

By The Way…

The Nickname for the Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment was the Royal Canadians, owing to that’s were the Regiment was formed

VC Held By

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England

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BORN   22 October 1890

DIED   16 April 1917   AGE   26

VC Won   12 April 1917   AGE   26

Place VC Won   Bois-en-Hache, near Barlin, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1917