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Lot 368:
HISTORY - CUNNINGHAM OF HYNDHOPE (1883 - 1963) - Signed printed photograph
Description
Naval training on the Britannica. In 1897, he joined the Naval Brigade and took part in the Boer War. When Germany invaded Greece, he suffered heavy losses in his fleet. He then served under Eisenhower in North Africa and was appointed First Sea Lord by Churchill. In 1945 he was appointed Viscount Hyndhope. After the war he published A Sailor’s Odyssey and was appointed High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Signed printed photograph applied to cardboard in-16, to Paul Langer.
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