Edward Graham | |
Birth Date: | 1859 |
Death Date: | 29 January 1951 |
Birth Place: | Calcutta |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army |
Rank: | Major-General |
Battles: | First World War |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Major-General Sir Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham (1859 − 29 January 1951) was a British Army officer.
Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Graham was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1878 and saw action as Assistant Adjutant-General in South Africa during the Second Boer War.[1] He became commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in December 1908 and General Officer Commanding South Midland Division in July 1914 before being replaced in August 1914.[2] He then served as a Deputy Adjutant General for the remainder of the war.[1]
He was colonel of the Cheshire Regiment from 1914 to 1928.[3]
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