Robert Rudd Cunningham was born on 22 September 1920. He lived at King Street, Maryport.
Deptford was his first ship: he left a good job ashore and joined her as deck boy at the end of November 1939.
Robert Rudd Cunningham was killed as a result of enemy action, by reason of a torpedo attack carried out on SS Deptford from U-38. He was 19.