<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, njengoMphathi-jikelele Wezikebhe ZaseMedithera, uCunningham wahola amabutho asolwandle aseBrithani ekunqobeni ezimpini zasolwandle eziningana ezibalulekile zaseMedithera. Lezi zihlanganisa  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kweTaranto ngo-1940, ukuhlaselwa kwasolwandle kokuqala okuphelele kwezindiza emlandweni, kanye neMpi yaseCape Matapan ngo-1941. UCunningham walawula ukuvikelwa kwemigqa yokuhlinzekwa kweMedithera edlula e-Alexandria, eGibraltar, kanye ne-chokepoint eyinhloko yaseMalta. Wabuye waqondisa ukusekelwa kwasolwandle kokwehla okukhulu kwama-Allied ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene ezisogwini olusentshonalanga yeMedithera. Ekwindla ka-1943, ngesikhathi kushona uSir Dudley Pound, uCunningham wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-First Sea Lord, inhloko yezobuchwepheshe yeRoyal Navy, isikhundla ayesibambe waze wathatha umhlalaphansi ngo-1946. Wacelwa ukuba abe yiBaron Cunningham yaseHyndhope ngo-1945 futhi wenza uViccount Cunningham waseHyndhope ngonyaka olandelayo. Ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, uCuningham wajabulela izikhundla eziningana zemikhosi, kufaka phakathi uLord High Steward ekubekweni kweNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II ngo-1953. Washona ngo-12 Juni 1963, eneminyaka engu-80. 