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unusual facts about Major “Bloody Bill” Cunningham


Major “Bloody Bill” Cunningham

Records indicated Private W. Cunningham was paid £20 for service in the Regiment of Rangers, under command of Capt. John Caldwell, from June 26 to July 26, 1775.


1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment

The 1st Connecticut Cavalry was organized at West Meriden, Connecticut on November 2, 1861, initially as the 1st Battalion Connecticut Cavalry under the command of Major Judson M. Lyon.

22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry

Jacob C. Higgins was selected to serve as colonel, A. J. Greenfield as lieutenant colonel, and George T. Work, Elias S. Troxell, and Henry A. Myers as majors.

Albert F. Pratt

Pratt served with the 14th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry as a first lieutenant in the Spanish–American War and was a major in the Minnesota National Guard, 3rd Infantry for 28 years.

Albert Lindley Lee

Lee became a major in the 7th Kansas Cavalry, in October 1861.

Barbara Gibbs Golffing

Gibbs was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Stanford University and U.C.L.A. She was married to the poet J. V. Cunningham from 1937 to 1945, and, later, to Francis Golffing.

Battle of Moorefield

After the pickets were sent to the rear, Averell rode up and prepared for his attack, placing Maj. Thomas Gibson in the center along the Moorefield road.

Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh

Lord Iveagh married Miranda Daphne Jane Smiley, daughter of Major Michael Smiley, of Castle Fraser, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, on 12 March 1963.

Company commander

Some specialized company-sized units, such as aviation companies using the Boeing CH-47 Chinook airframe, are assigned a major as a company commander due to the increased responsibility of such assignments; the platoons which comprise these company are typically commanded by captains rather than lieutenants, with a captain, rather than a first lieutenant, as the company's second-in-command.

David S. Cunningham, III

Cunningham was appointed to the board in 2001 by L.A. Mayor James Hahn, and became its President in 2003.

Eric P. Schmitt

In 2006 Schmitt and a colleague reported on bribery concerns that involved Major Gloria Davis,

Fela Sowande

Later, he studied organ privately under Edmund Rubbra, George Oldroyd, and George Cunningham and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1943, winning the Limpus, Harding and Read Prizes.

G. H. Cunningham

Cunningham produced definitive monographs of New Zealand Gasteromycetes (puffballs), Polyporaceae (pore fungi), Thelephoraceae (crust fungi), and Uredinales (rust fungi).

George Cunningham

George T. Cunningham, founder of Cunningham's, a British Columbia pharmacy chain

G. D. Cunningham (George Dorrington Cunningham, 1878–1948), English organist

G. H. Cunningham (George Herriot Cunningham, 1892–1962), New Zealand mycologist and plant pathologist

George H. Crosman

Although his duties did not typically require him to be in the line of fire, he was nonetheless awarded the brevet rank of major during the Battle of Palo Alto "for gallant and meritorious service" when the supply train of which he was in charge came under attack.

George T. Cunningham

George T. Cunningham was the founder of Cunningham's, the 52-store British Columbia pharmacy chain that later became part of Shoppers Drug Mart.

Graham Cornes

From 1995 until early 2013, Cornes co-hosted a weekday drivetime sports program that he hosts on Adelaide radio station 5AA, first with Ken "KG" Cunningham, and following KG's retirement in 2008, with Stephen Rowe.

H. S. Cunningham

Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham KCIE (1832-1920) was a British lawyer and writer who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1872 to 1877.

Here Come the Tigers

Here Come the Tigers is a 1979 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.

High school baseball in Japan

Some of the most famous appearances of high school baseball in popular culture are in the manga and anime series Touch, H2 and Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi, and Major by Takuya Mitsuda.

John F. Cunningham

He was elected to the 7th Seanad on 25 February 1953 at a by-election for the National University of Ireland constituency caused by the death of Helena Concannon.

John Lourie Beveridge

In November 1863, he received approval to raise his own regiment, the 17th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry and was elevated to the rank of Major.

Lawrence A. Cunningham

From 1988 to 1992, Cunningham practiced corporate law with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, before taking an appointment to the law faculty at the Cardozo School of Law.

Manny's Orphans

Manny's Orphans is a 1978 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.

Mount Soledad cross controversy

This veterans memorial designation was added by Congressmen Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R) and Duncan Hunter (R), both of whom represented portions of San Diego County, as a rider to a voluminous spending bill approved in November 2004 by the United States Congress.

Oliver Edwards

On August 9, 1862, Edwards was promoted to major and recalled to Pittsfield, Massachusetts to assist in organizing the 37th Massachusetts Infantry.

Peter Cunningham

Peter L. Cunningham (1814–1899), mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (1883–1884)

Roger Dickinson-Brown

They are often written in the plain style and were evidently influenced by the epigrammatic tradition of Catullus, Martial (whom he translates) and J. V. Cunningham, including their social satire and sometimes risqué humor.

Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet

He was married (from the late 1970s to 1991) to Pauline Myburgh (daughter of Major Claude Myburgh) and divorced.

Staff captain

Instead of being promoted to the rank of major, specialist officers that were holding the rank of Hauptmann (Captain) for a specific time are promoted to the rank of Stabshauptmann and given the salary of a Major.

STAR System World Kickboxing Ratings

The STAR ratings helped internationalize the sport by encouraging transnational matchmaking, and by enabling free agent champions such as: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Rob Kaman, Stan "The Man" Longinidis, Dennis Alexio, Maurice Smith, Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham, Fred Royers, James Warring, Graciela Casillas and Lucia Rijker.

The Horror Show

Although marketed as a sequel to the film House for the non-US market, its connection to the other House films is limited to the crew it shares (producer Sean S. Cunningham, cinematographer Mac Ahlberg and composer Harry Manfredini, among others) and the premise of a killer haunting a house.

Todd Heisler

While at the Rocky Mountain News, Heisler was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for "Final Salute," a series of photographs, taken over the course of a year, profiling the funerals of Marines who died in the war and the work of then Major Steve Beck, who is responsible for notifying the family members of the Marine's death.

University of the Nations

David L. Cunningham, son of university founder, filmmaker and part-time faculty

Vivian Fuchs

He governed the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein until October 1946, when he was discharged from military service with the rank of Major.

Wallace E. Cunningham

He commenced his formal architectural instruction at Hutchinson Central Technical High School in Buffalo, New York, and then the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, where he was influenced by Marya Lilien, one of the first female apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.

He received a Star of Design Award for Architecture from the Pacific Design Center in 2010.

In 1977, Lilien asked Cunningham to accompany her to Wright’s Taliesin East and to study at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Walter Leo Weible

During the McCarthy hearings of 1954 and 1955, Senator McCarthy objected to the Army’s decision to promote dentist Irving Peress to Major on the grounds that he was a security risk.

William Adams Richardson

He served in the militia, first as a Judge Advocate with the rank of Major and later as an aide to Governor George N. Briggs with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

William Axton Stokes

Stokes later served as a major in the U.S. Infantry during the American Civil War, including a period in 1861 commanding at the 18th U.S. Infantry Headquarters, Camp Thomas, Franklin County, Ohio.

William F. Cloud

With the outbreak of the Civil War, Cloud enlisted in the 2nd Kansas Infantry as major and distinguished himself at the battle of Wilson's Creek.

Winfield S. Cunningham

He died on March 3, 1986 at age 86 and was buried in the Memphis National Cemetery.

After retirement, Rear Admiral Cunningham lived in Memphis, Tennessee.

XCU: Extreme Close Up

XCU: Extreme Close Up is a 2001 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.

Yelverton case

Theresa Longworth, an English Catholic, and Major The Hon. William Charles Yelverton (who later became, in 1870, The 4th Viscount Avonmore), an Irish Protestant, met in 1852.


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