Fusilier 14551247 Joseph Cunningham
Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 5th of January 1945
Born: Warrington
Burial / Memorial: Hotton War Cemetery
BMD details:
Birth registered Q1 1925 Warrington
Family details:
Son of Joseph and Frances Cunningham
Notes:
1939 register has parents living at 83 Pocket Nook Street, St Helens. Joseph Cunningham is redacted
1939 register has parents living at 83 Pocket Nook Street, St Helens. Joseph Cunningham is redacted
[color=#292929]The 4th, 6th and 7th RWF Battalions, all Territorial units, served in 158th (Royal Welch) Brigade assigned to the [/color][color=#292929]53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division[/color][color=#292929].[/color]
[color=#292929]Between December 1944 — January 1945, the division took part in the mainly American ‘Battle of the Bulge’, helping to cut off the northern tip of the German salient.
Hotton War Cemetery is located in that area, just north of Bastogne.
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