Cunningham, Alan Gordon (1887-1983).

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Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham (1887-1983)

Born 1 May 1887, son of Prof DJ Cunningham and Elizabeth Cumming Browne. Educated Cheltenham; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Commissioned 1906; served European War 1914-1918; Gen. Staff Officer, Straits Settlements, 1919-1921; passed Naval Staff College, 1925; Brevet Lt.-Col, 1928; Instructor, Machine Gun School, 1928-1931; Lt.-Col., 1935; Imperial Defence Coll., 1937; Comdr Royal Artillery, 1st Div., 1937-38; Major-Gen., 1938; Comdr 5th Anti-Aircraft Div TA, 1938; Commanded 66th, 9th & 51st Divs, 1940; GOC East Africa Forces, 1940-1941; GOC-in-C 8th Imperial Army in Middle East, 1941; KCB, 1941; Commandant Staff College, Camberley, 1942; Lt-Gen., 1943; GOC Northern Ireland, 1943-1944; GOC-in-C Eastern Command, 1944-1945; Gen., 1945; High Commissioner and Commander in Chief for Palestine, 1945-1948. GCMG, 1948. Married, 1951, Margery (nee Slater), widow of Sir Harold Snagge. Died 30 January 1983.

From the guide to the Sir Alan Cunningham Collection, 1944-1948, (Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford)

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referencedIn	Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 22]	National Archives at College Park
referencedIn	Sir Alan Cunningham Collection, 1944-1948	St. Antony's College (University of Oxford). Middle East Centre Archive
creatorOf	Sir Alan Cunningham Collection, 1944-1948	St. Antony's College (University of Oxford). Middle East Centre Archive
creatorOf	Vol. XIV (ff. 196). 1942-June 1943.includes:ff. 1-4 General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham: Letters, etc., to his brother, Adm. Sir A. B. Cunningham: 1942. ff. 2-4 General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham: Letter, etc., to Sir A. Brooke: 1941: Copies. ff. 2-4 ...	British Library
referencedIn	David Goldin Collection. 1932 - 1952. Audio Recordings of Radio Broadcasts of Speeches, Interviews, Combat Reports, Special Events, Public Affairs, and Entertainment for U.S. Troops. 1932 - 1952. ISRAEL UNDER FIRE	National Archives at College Park
referencedIn	Records of the Army Air Forces. 1902 - 1964. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Film Report" Program Series. 1942 - 1945. PANTELLERIA	National Archives at College Park
referencedIn	Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 13]	National Archives at College Park

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Birth 1887-05-01

Death 1983-01-30

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