MONTGOMERY-CUNNINGHAM Alexander William Henry James

  • First Name(s):
    Alexander 
    William 
    Henry James 
  • Surname:
    MONTGOMERY-CUNNINGHAM
  • Service Number:
    31914
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Scots Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    11th Battalion
  • Unit:
    Commanding 110 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    3rd July 1944
  • Age At Death:
    35
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, France, Grave I. A. 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Lt. Colonel Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame, D.S.O., 10th Bart, and Lady Montgomery-Cuninghame (nee Des Voeux); husband of Barbara Montgomery-Cuninghame, of Stoke Prior, Worcestershire

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MONTGOMERY-CUNNINGHAM Alexander William Henry James Is Named On These Memorials

Tardebigge St Bartholomew’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: DSO Lt Col

Further Information About MONTGOMERY-CUNNINGHAM Alexander William Henry James

Surname incorrectly spelt on the war memorial, correct spelling is Cuninghame, all sources give the double barrel name of Montgomery-Cuninghame.

Awarded Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)

The engagement and marriage of Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame to Barbara Gray Cheape is reported in the Dundee Courier, Aberdeen Journal and the Evening Telegraph in various editions from July 1934 through to October 1934, when the marriage took place in St Mary’s Church, Kirriemuir.  Photographs of the couple appear in the Dundee Courier, 19th September 1934.

A letter from the Reverend R.W. Underhill, Tardebigge, undated, can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Lt Colonel Alexander M Cuninghame, DSO, be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched by and is courtesy of John Barry:
Baptism
Holy Trinity, Brompton, London
14th December 1905, Alexander William Henry James, son of Thomas Andrew Alexander and Alice Frances Denison Montgomery Cuninghame, 35 Cadogan Square, Capt. In H.M.’s Army. Barnet.

1911 Ireland Census
Ballyfair
Thomas Andrew Alexander Cuninghame, head, aged 34
Alice Frances Denison Cuninghame, wife, aged 30
Alexander William Henry James Cuninghame, son, aged 5, born about 1906 Co Middlesex, London, religion C of E
+ 1 daughter, 5 servants, 1 visitor

The wedding of Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame. Photo courtesy of John Barry


The wedding of Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame. Photo courtesy of John Barry


Birmingham Mercury, 16th July 1944
Baronet’s Heir Killed
Lieut-Col. A. W. H. J. Montgomery-Cuninghame (39), Royal Scots Fusiliers, eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame and Lady Symonds, has been killed in action.
Sir Thomas, the 10th Baronet, was formerly military attaché in Vienna and Athens.
There is a family legend that in 1339 one of his ancestors hid Prince Malcolm, who was fleeing from Macbeth after the defeat of Duncan, by covering him with hay. The hay fork in and the arms and motto, “Over fork over,” perpetuate the story.

Montgomery-Cuninghame. – Killed in action in July, 1944, Lt-Col. A. W. H. J. Montgomery Cuninghame, Royal Scots Fusiliers, son of Sir Thomas Montgomery Cuninghame, Bt., D.S.O., and Lafy Symonds, and beloved husband of Barbara Montgomery Cuninghame, Beasleys Farm, Bromsgrove, Worcs. No letters, please.

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