Edward Graham (British Army officer)

Sir Edward Graham
Sir Edward Graham
Birth name	Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham
Born	7 November 1858; Alipore, Calcutta
Died	29 January 1951 (aged 92); Thornbury, Devon, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands	8th Infantry Brigade; South Midland Division
Battles / wars	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 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 saw action as Assistant Adjutant-General in South Africa during the Second Boer War.^[2]^[3] He became commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in December 1908 and General Officer Commanding South Midland Division in July 1914^[4] before being replaced in August 1914.^[5] He then served as a Deputy Adjutant General for the remainder of the war.^[3]

He was colonel of the Cheshire Regiment from 1914 to 1928.^[6]

^ "Obituary: Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Graham". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 31 January 1951. p. 8.
^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2697.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "No. 28864". The London Gazette. 7 August 1914. p. 6208.
^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ "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)

Military offices
Preceded by John Keir	GOC South Midland Division July 1914 – August 1914	Succeeded by Henry Heath
Honorary titles
Preceded by William Henry Ralston	Colonel of the Cheshire Regiment 1914−1928	Succeeded by Sir Hastings Anderson