Private John Cunningham VC - 12th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment


GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN THE COUNTY OF : YORKSHIRE - EAST

EAST YORKSHIRE

Name John,
CUNNINGHAM
George,
SYMONS


Rank Private Captain

Force 12th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment Royal Regiment of Artillery
( later 5th Bn, Military Train )


VC won Hebuterne, Somme, France,
13 November 1916
Sebastopol, Crimea,
6 June 1855


London Gaz 13 January 1917 1 December 1857

Born Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire,
28 June 1897
South Hill, Cornwall,
18 March 1826


Died 21 February 1941,
Kingston-upon-Hull
18 November 1871,
Bridlington


Grave Western Cemetery, Hull Bridlington Priory Churchyard
Headstone erected 26 June 2013
( image courtesy Iain MacFarlaine )


Location
of VC
Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum, York Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Worthy Down, Hampshire

Remarks None None

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