Robert Cunningham MM
Rank: Private
Service No: 8860
Place of Birth: Hamilton
Date of Death: 15/5/17
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (1/8th Bn.)
Cemetery: Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux
Rutherglen Lore information: Brother of And. Cunningham, 4 Clydeview Place, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Brothers Andrew, Thomas, James and sisters Janet McPherson and Marion Deans.
1901 census information:
Address: 32 Greenfield Old Row, Hamilton
Father: Thomas (53) coal miner, born about 1848 in Carnbroe.
Mother: Christina (49) born about 1852 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Thomas (20) coal miner, born about 1881 in Hamilton.
Self: Robert (16) coal miner, born about 1885 in Hamilton.
Brother: Charles (14) coal miner, born about 1887 in Hamilton.
Sister: Marion (13) born about 1888 in Hamilton.
Brother: Andrew (11) born about 1890 in Hamilton.
Sister: Janet (4) born about 1897 in Hamilton.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. R. Cunningham, Rutherglen. Mr Andrew Cunningham, 4 Clydeview Place, Rutherglen, has been officially notified that his brother. Private Robert Cunningham, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was killed in action on May 15. Private Cunningham was awarded the Military Medal a few months ago for gallantry.