Official papers and telegrams from his period of office as High Commissioner, Palestine.
Sir Alan Cunningham Collection
This material is held atMiddle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 165 0072
- Dates of Creation
- 1944-1948
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 6 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham (1887-1983)
Born 1 May 1887, son of Prof DJ Cunningham and Elizabeth Cumming Browne. Educated Cheltenham; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Commissioned 1906; served European War 1914-1918; Gen. Staff Officer, Straits Settlements, 1919-1921; passed Naval Staff College, 1925; Brevet Lt.-Col, 1928; Instructor, Machine Gun School, 1928-1931; Lt.-Col., 1935; Imperial Defence Coll., 1937; Comdr Royal Artillery, 1st Div., 1937-38; Major-Gen., 1938; Comdr 5th Anti-Aircraft Div TA, 1938; Commanded 66th, 9th & 51st Divs, 1940; GOC East Africa Forces, 1940-1941; GOC-in-C 8th Imperial Army in Middle East, 1941; KCB, 1941; Commandant Staff College, Camberley, 1942; Lt-Gen., 1943; GOC Northern Ireland, 1943-1944; GOC-in-C Eastern Command, 1944-1945; Gen., 1945; High Commissioner and Commander in Chief for Palestine, 1945-1948. GCMG, 1948. Married, 1951, Margery (nee Slater), widow of Sir Harold Snagge. Died 30 January 1983.
Arrangement
Telegrams; papers; correspondence
Access Information
Open
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Acquisition Information
Received as a gift from General Cunningham, Oct 1968.
Other Finding Aids
Archivist's Note
Fonds level description created by Clare Brown 24 Aug 1998 and revised by Debbie Usher 19 Feb 2003
Conditions Governing Use
No restrictions on copying or quotation other than statutory regulations and preservation concerns