Edward Graham (British Army officer)

Major-General

Sir Edward Graham

KCB KCMG
Born
Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham

7 November 1858
Alipore, Calcutta
Died29 January 1951 (aged 92)
Thornbury, Devon, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Rank
Major-General
Commands8th Infantry Brigade
South Midland Division
Conflicts
First World War
AwardsKnight 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 KCB KCMG (7 November 1858 − 29 January 1951) was a British Army officer.[1]

Biography

Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Graham was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1878 and became an adjutant in July 1884.[2] He was promoted to captain in September 1885,[3] attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1891 to 1892,[4] and was granted the rank of major in October 1894.[5]

He saw action as an assistant provost marshal from February 1900[6] and later an assistant adjutant general in South Africa during the Second Boer War.[7][8]

He was promoted to colonel and succeeded Colonel Frederick Robb as an assistant adjutant general at the War Office in January 1905.[9] He became a temporary brigadier general and became commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in December 1908[10] and, made a major general in February 1912,[11] was general officer commanding of the South Midland Division, taking over from Major General John Keir, in July 1914[12] before being replaced in August.[13]

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1915 Birthday Honours.[14] He then served as a Deputy Adjutant General for the remainder of the war.[8]

He was colonel of the Cheshire Regiment from April 1914[15] to 1928.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary: Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Graham". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 31 January 1951. p. 8.
  2. ↑ "No. 25376". The London Gazette. 15 July 1884. p. 3227.
  3. ↑ "No. 25521". The London Gazette. 20 October 1885. p. 4833.
  4. ↑ Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List. 1899. p. 120.
  5. ↑ "No. 26563". The London Gazette. 23 October 1894. p. 5929.
  6. ↑ "No. 27203". The London Gazette. 19 June 1900. p. 3815.
  7. ↑ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2697.
  8. 1 2 Walford, Edward (January 1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 558.
  9. ↑ "No. 27754". The London Gazette. 13 January 1905. p. 329.
  10. ↑ "No. 28205". The London Gazette. 15 December 1908. p. 9559.
  11. ↑ "No. 28586". The London Gazette. 1 March 1912. p. 1562.
  12. ↑ "No. 28864". The London Gazette. 7 August 1914. p. 6208.
  13. ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1915. p. 6111.
  15. ↑ "No. 28828". The London Gazette. 5 May 1914. p. 3664.
  16. ↑ "The Cheshire Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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