Hugh Cunningham (British Army officer)
{{Short description|British Army officer (1921–2019)}}
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| branch =23px British Army
| serviceyears =1942–1978
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| rank =Lieutenant-General
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South West District
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Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Patrick Cunningham {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} (4 November 1921 – 12 September 2019) was a British Army officer who became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements).
Military career
Educated at Charterhouse School,[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/18226/Hugh%20Patrick+CUNNINGHAM.aspx Debrett's People of Today] Cunningham was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1942 and fought in World War II in India, New Guinea and Burma.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CUNNINGHAM3.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives] He was appointed Commander Royal Engineers for 3rd Division in Cyprus and Aden in 1963, Commander of 11th Engineering Brigade in Germany in 1967 and General Officer Commanding South West District in 1971. He went on to be Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1974 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1976 before retiring in 1978.
In retirement he became a Director of Fairey Engineering. He lived at Shaftesbury in Dorset.[http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=3294 Burke's Peerage and Gentry] He was one of the three Presidents of the UK-based charity Action on Addiction.Trustees' Report and Financial Statements 2011-12, Action on Addiction
He died on 12 September 2019 at the age of 97.[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/236048/cunningham Cunningham]
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{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding South West District|years=1971–1974}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Assistant Chief of the General Staff|years=1974–1975}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements)|years=1976–1978}}
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Category:British Army lieutenant generals
Category:Royal Engineers officers
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire