Douglas Gordon Cunningham

Brigadier General Douglas Gordon Cunningham, CBE, DSO, ED, CD, QC (22 March 1908 – 18 July 1992) was a Canadian lawyer and soldier.

He studied at Osgoode Law School, University of Toronto, from 1930 to 1933, where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Society.

They had two sons and a daughter; John Douglas Cunningham, Ian Simpson, and Kathleen Elizabeth.

He was also recognized by France with the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme.

In 1946, he was part of a deputation which interviewed the Minister of National Defence about the proposal not to reopen the Royal Military College of Canada.

Brigadier Cunningham during World War II.
Brigade Major N. Kingsmill (left) presenting Brigadier D.G. Cunningham, who is relinquishing command of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade, with the first Canadian flag that was raised in Caen during the liberation of that city. Caen, France, 11 July 1944.