Hanway Cumming
Hanway Cumming | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 October 1867 |
| Died | 5 March 1921 (aged 53) Clonbanin, Ireland |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1889–1921 |
| Rank | Colonel Commandant |
| Unit | Durham Light Infantry |
| Commands | 110th Brigade (1918–19) Machine Gun Training School, Grantham (1917–18) 91st Brigade (1916–17) 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry (1916) |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War First World War Irish War of Independence |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (4) Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) |
Colonel Commandant Hanway Robert Cumming, DSO (9 October 1867 – 5 March 1921) was an officer in the British Army.
Cumming fought in the Second Boer War, and in France during the First World War, commanding the 110th Brigade from 16 March 1918 until the Armistice.[1] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours and appointed an Officer in the French Legion of Honour.
During the Irish War of Independence, Cumming was commander of British troops in County Kerry. He was killed at the Clonbanin Ambush, possibly the highest-ranking British officer to be killed in that war.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3a: New Army Divisions (9–26), London: HM Stationery Office, 1938/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X, p. 104.
- ^ CWGC profile
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