Memorial Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Dick-Cunyngham VC
This memorial, in the Duddingston Kirkyard, commemorates Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Dick-Cunyngham VC, who gave his life at Ladysmith on 6 January 1900in the South-African War (Anglo-Boer War). He was awarded the Victoria Cross in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
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- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Stephencdickson
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