David Crofton Cunningham
From The Dreadnought Project
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]
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1419.
- ↑ Obituary. The Times (London, England) July 21 1942, p. 6.
