Edward Graham (British Army officer) explained

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.

Biography

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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Notes and References

  1. Book: Walford, Edward . The county families of the United Kingdom; or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. 558. January 1860.
  2. Web site: Army Commands. 9 June 2020.
  3. Web site: The Cheshire Regiment . regiments.org . 11 July 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20061231053245/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm . 31 December 2006 .