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VC352 William Henry Dick-Cunyngham
BORN 16 June 1851
DIED 7 January 1900 AGE 48
VC Won 13 December 1879 AGE 28
Place VC Won Sherpur Pass
War/Campaign Second Afghan War, Afghanistan
Name William Henry Dick-Cunyngham No.
VC Issue No. 352 Awards VC
Regiment Gordon Highlanders
Later
Now 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Prestonfield, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Place Of Death Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Ladysmith Cemetery, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 18 October 1881
VC Presented 1 December 1881 by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Memorials
Headstone, Ladysmith Cemetery, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Named on family headstone at Windsor Old Cemetery, Berkshire
Named on War Memorial Panels, All Saints Church, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal
P Named on South African War Memorial, Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
P Named on Gordon Highlanders Boer War Memorial, Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh Castle Midlothian, Scotland
P Original grave cross at National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
P Named on memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
Named on plaque, Glenalmond College Chapel, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Memorial stone cairn at site of death, Ceasars Camp, Ladysmith, South Africa
By The Way…
Being wounded in the leg in a previous engagement, he was shot and killed on his first day back on duty
VC Held By
Gordon Highlanders Museum, St Luke's, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen, Scotland
