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Private JOHN CUNNINGHAM

Service Number: 3531131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

Q. 32.

Syria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick Joseph and Bridget Cunningham; husband of Doris Cunningham, of Higher Openshaw, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Syria
Number of casualties: 1111
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