Cunningham, James Lawton
Personal Information
Rank | AC2 |
Forename(s) | James Lawton |
Surname | Cunningham |
Gender | M |
Age | 38 |
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Date of Death | 05-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Annie Cunningham. Husband of Annie Cunningham, of Fenham, Newcastle-On-Tyne. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (St. Nicholas) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. X. Grave 105. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES BELOVED HUSBAND OF ANNIE CUNNINGHAM. BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES LEFT |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 151 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1546051 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | Leeming |
Trade | Ground |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roman Rd, Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brass plaque set into a stone plinth into which is carved with the Canadian maple leaf and the Yorkshire rose. |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who served at RAF Leeming during World War II, including those from the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons, whose members came from all parts of the Commonwealth from 1942 to 1945; 405 Vancouver, 408 Goose |
Location | Opposite old Main Guardroom, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In commemoration of those men and women of many nations who served at RAF Leeming during the second world war. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Leeming |
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Reason for Loss | Newcastle Journal of April 15th 1942: R.A.F. Man Killed Getting a Lift. A Newcastle aircraftman’s death through a fall from a lorry chassis when he was getting a lift was described at a Darlington inquest yesterday on James Lawton Cunningham (39), of Stone Street, Newcastle. “Accidental Death” was the verdict. Septimus Martindale, retired railwayman, said he saw the lorry chassis swerve, and Cunningham was catapulted on to the roadway, his head striking the pavement. Martindale said that afterwards the driver said to him “I have been trying to avoid these men all along the road, but this one was so insistent I gave him a lift.” The Coroner, Mr. J. E. Brown-Humes, said he did not think the driver was in any way to blame. |