- Douglas Gordon Cunningham
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Douglas Gordon Cunningham Allegiance Canada Service/branch Canadian Forces. Rank Brigadier General Commands held RMC, 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade Awards CD, CBE, Recipient of DSO, ED QC ADC Other work lawyer Brigadier General Douglas Gordon Cunningham (RMC 1929) CBE DSO ED QC was born in Kingston, Ontario (ON). He was the son of Arthur Breden Cunningham and Katherine (Gordon) Cunningham of Kingston. He was educated at Kingston Collegiate, Upper Canada College in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1929. He studied at Osgoode Law School, University of Toronto, from 1930 to 1933, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society.
Career
In 1933, he was called to the Bar of Ontario and he had a law practice in Kingston, Ontario. In November 1939, he married Isabelle Simpson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Huntington Simpson of Kingston. They had two sons; John Douglas and Ian Simpson. In 1939, he also became an alderman of the City of Kingston. He served as adjutant of The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment. He was brigade major of a Canadian infantry brigade which took part in the Dieppe Raid in 1942. He served as General Service Officer 1, I Canadian Corps in 1943. At the beginning of World War II, Captain Cunningham commanded the Camerons of Canada and as brigadier, commanded the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade in 1944. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry and distinguished services in the field of battle. He returned to the Royal Military College of Canada as Commandant in 1944-5, but this was now a wartime training establishment. After retiring from the military in 1945, he returned to his law practice and he was a director of several companies. In 1946, he was part of a deputation which interviewed the Minister of National Defence about the proposal not to reopen the Royal Military College of Canada. He was a member of a subcommittee of the Royal Military College of Canada Club which urged the reopening of the college. He served as president of the Royal Military College of Canada Club of Canada in 1946. In 1946 he was created King's Counsel which later became Queen's Counsel (QC) when Elizabeth II ascended to the throne. He died on 7/18/1992.
Honours
References
Canadian Forces
Commander-in-Chief • Chief of the Defence Staff • Armed Forces Council • Chief of the Maritime Staff • Chief of the Land Staff • Chief of the Air Staff
Canada Command • Canadian Expeditionary Force Command • Canadian Operational Support Command • Canadian Special Operations Forces Command • Reserve Force
Royal Canadian Navy •
Canadian Army •
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Military College of Canada
Faculties Faculty of Arts • Faculty of Engineering • Faculty of Continuing Studies • Faculty of SciencesCentres Canadian Forces Language School • Canadian Forces Management Development School (CFMDS) • Centre for Space Research • Institute for the Environment • Center for Smart Materials and Structures • Canadian Forces Leadership Institute at RMC • Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing at Queens and RMC • Centre for International Relations at Queens • Fuel Cell Research Centre at Queens and RMC • GeoEngineering Centre at Queens and RMC •
High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory • Institute for Defence Resources Management at the Royal Military College of CanadaStudent life RMC Cadet Service Officers Mess • Precision Newspaper • Alumni Veritas and e-Veritas • Bill & Alphie's • CANEX • Royal Military College of Canada chapels • RMC Paladins • Royal Military College of Canada Bands • Precision (march) • Leo the Royal CadetAthletics RMC Paladins • Sir Archie Macdonell Athletic Centre • Constantine hockey arena • Playing fields • Old gymCommandants, alumni and staff Buildings and features Royal Military College of Canada Museum • Fort Frederick (Kingston) • HMCS Stone Frigate • Currie Hall • Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard • CFB Kingston • Point Frederick PeninsulaPreparation - 4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
- H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
- H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
- H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. Royal Military College. [Kingston]. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984
- General Douglas Gordon Cunningham
- General Douglas Gordon Cunningham
Academic offices Preceded by
Brigadier J.D.B. SmithCommandant of the Royal Military College of Canada
1944-1945Succeeded by
Major-General H.F.H. HertzbergCategories:- 1992 deaths
- Canadian generals
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