Edward Graham (British Army officer)

Major-General Sir Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham KCB KCMG (1859 − 29 January 1951) was a British Army officer.

Edward Graham
Born1859
Calcutta
Died29 January 1951
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held8th Infantry Brigade
South Midland Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

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][2] 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.[3] He then served as a Deputy Adjutant General for the remainder of the war.[2]

He was colonel of the Cheshire Regiment from 1914 to 1928.[4]

References

  1. "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2697.
  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.
  3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. "The Cheshire Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Military offices
Preceded by
John Keir
GOC South Midland Division
July 1914 – August 1914
Succeeded by
Henry Heath
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