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Updates for Lance Corporal Robert Graham
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12/05/2020 01314
26/11/2016 Private Robert Graham, Durham Light Infantry, a son of Mr Robert Graham, Kilrea, has been killed in action in France.
26/11/2016
26/11/2016 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 11th March 1916:
17/03/2016 Lance Corporal Graham has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
17/03/2016 According to the 1911 census, John Graham married Mary J G Graham about 1898.
17/03/2016 Unconfirmed possible family: John Graham, Mary J Graham, John Graham (born 2nd May 1887), Robert Graham (born 11th July 1889), Alexander Graham (born 11th November 1895).
17/03/2016 The 1901 census lists Robert as age 11 living with the family at house 6 in Bridge Street, Kilrea, County Londonderry. His father was a spirit merchant.
17/03/2016 Robert went to live in Glasgow, Scotland.
17/03/2016 The 1911 census does not list Robert as living with the family at house 5 in Bridge Street, Kilrea. His father was now a publican.
17/03/2016 Robert lived with his wife Sarah and children at 16 Queen's Hill Street, Springburn, Glasgow.
17/03/2016 Robert Graham volunteered at the outbreak of the war and enlisted in Sunderland.
17/03/2016 Robert Graham was the son of John Graham. Robert was born on 11th July 1889 in Kilrea.
17/03/2016 Robert had just returned a week previously from Glasgow where he had been a visit to his wife and children.
17/03/2016 The CWGC record Lance Corporal Robert Graham as the son of the late John and Mary Ann Morrison Graham. He is also recorded as the husband of Sarah Graham, of 16 Queen's Hill Street, Springburn, Glasgow.
17/03/2016 Robert's brother John served with the Australian forces. He was injured and had a leg amputated but survived the war.
17/03/2016 MUCH OF THE IMFORMATION ON ROBERT’S EARLY LIFE IS SPECULATIVE AND REQUIRES CONFIRMATION
17/03/2016 From the Northern Constitution dated 22nd January 1916
17/03/2016 Official intimation has been received by Mr John Graham that his son Lance Corporal R Graham has been killed in action on the 11th. He had just returned a week previously from Glasgow where he had been a visit to his wife and children. He volunteered at the outbreak of the war in Glasgow and was shot through the head by a sniper.
17/03/2016 Lance Corporal Robert Graham was serving with the 10th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry when he was killed in action on 11th January 1916. He was shot through the head by a sniper
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