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{{CommRN}} '''David Crofton Cunningham''', ( – 19 DEcember, 1941) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} '''David Crofton Cunningham''', ( – 19 December, 1941) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
I cannot locate a service record for him.
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==Life & Career==
 
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Cunningham was awarded the [[Goodenough Medal]] for being the Sub-Lieutenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination for the year and who also achieved a first-class certificate in seamanship.
 
Cunningham was awarded the [[Goodenough Medal]] for being the Sub-Lieutenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination for the year and who also achieved a first-class certificate in seamanship.
  
Cunningham was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 October, 1935.{{NLDec41|p. 34}}  On 26 February, 1941, he was serving as Lieutenant (G) in the {{UK-Neptune|f=t}}.{{NLDec41|p. 1419}}  Presumably, he died when she sank with almost complete loss of life on 19 December, 1941, as he is missing from the Navy List of December, 1943.
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Cunningham was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 October, 1935.{{NLDec41|p. 34}}   
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==World War II==
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On 26 February, 1941, he was serving as Lieutenant (G) in the {{UK-Neptune|f=t}}.{{NLDec41|p. 1419}}  Presumably, he died when she sank with almost complete loss of life on 19 December, 1941.<ref name=obit>Obituary.  ''The Times'' (London, England) July 21 1942, p. 6.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 22:38, 6 April 2022

Commander David Crofton Cunningham, ( – 19 December, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.

I have been unable to find a Service Record for him at The National Archives.

Life & Career

Cunningham was awarded the Goodenough Medal for being the Sub-Lieutenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination for the year and who also achieved a first-class certificate in seamanship.

Cunningham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1935.[1]

World War II

On 26 February, 1941, he was serving as Lieutenant (G) in the light cruiser Neptune.[2] Presumably, he died when she sank with almost complete loss of life on 19 December, 1941.[3]

See Also

Bibliography

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 34.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1419.
  3. Obituary. The Times (London, England) July 21 1942, p. 6.