Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Stephen Cunningham
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Lochgelly
- Service no: S/7252
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 11th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 32
- Date of Death: 19.08.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Pier and Face 15A & 16C
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Leslie, Fife
- Address: 1 North William Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Miner
- Mother:
Elizabeth Cunningham
- Father:
George Cunningham
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Margaret McFarlane (formally Cunningham) 1 North William St, Dundee
- Children:
Elizabeth, born 17.08.1904, George, born 15.01.1906, Georgina,born 15.09.1910 & Thomas, born 31.05.1913
More about Stephen Cunningham
Stephen has no known grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Stephen Cunningham 2/7252 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Four Fatherless Bairns.
Private Stephen Cunningham, is survived by a widow and four children. He had been in the firing line for the past eleven months. Deceased was a miner, and was well known in the Crosshill and Glencraig district.
Dundee Courier 20th September 1916
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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