Awards & Winners

John Cunningham

Date of Birth 22-October-1890
Place of Birth Thurles
(Ireland, County Tipperary, County of North Tipperary)
Nationality United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
Profession Soldier
John Cunningham VC, was a British soldier during the First World War, an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Awards by John Cunningham

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1917


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 12 April 1917 as Corporal of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, British Army, during the First World War. Posthumously awarded.)