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A Great War 1916 'French theatre' M.M. awarded to Sapper E. Graham, 2nd Tunnelling Company,...
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A Great War 1916 ‘French theatre’ M.M. awarded to Sapper E. Graham, 2nd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers, later Lieutenant, Bedfordshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (503384 Sapr E. Graham. 2/T’Lg: Co: Can: E.) good very fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 October 1916 The original recommendation states: ‘On August 19th, 1916, the enemy successfully blew a large camouflet, resulting in the destruction of a large portion of our gallery and killing four miners. Corporal Marsh and Sapper Graham entered the gallery which was full of gas and with Proto Apparatus listened intently and obtained valuable information while Lieutenant Brewster and Sergeant Downie were placing a charge which was blown with great success. Corporal Marsh and Sapper Graham’s careful listening and coolness were greatly responsible for a successful operation against the enemy.’ Edgar Francis Kirkman Graham was born in Birr, King’s County, Ireland in December 1881. He served as a Lieutenant with the Bedfordshire Regiment during the Second Boer War (entitled to Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony’ and ‘Orange Free State’ clasp, and K.S.A.). Graham moved to Canada, and was employed as a Rancher. He re-engaged for service during the Great War, and served in the ranks of the 2nd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers in the French theatre of war. He commissioned again into the Bedfordshire Regiment in June 1917, and died in England in December 1928. Graham is buried in the Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
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A Great War 1916 ‘French theatre’ M.M. awarded to Sapper E. Graham, 2nd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers, later Lieutenant, Bedfordshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (503384 Sapr E. Graham. 2/T’Lg: Co: Can: E.) good very fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 October 1916 The original recommendation states: ‘On August 19th, 1916, the enemy successfully blew a large camouflet, resulting in the destruction of a large portion of our gallery and killing four miners. Corporal Marsh and Sapper Graham entered the gallery which was full of gas and with Proto Apparatus listened intently and obtained valuable information while Lieutenant Brewster and Sergeant Downie were placing a charge which was blown with great success. Corporal Marsh and Sapper Graham’s careful listening and coolness were greatly responsible for a successful operation against the enemy.’ Edgar Francis Kirkman Graham was born in Birr, King’s County, Ireland in December 1881. He served as a Lieutenant with the Bedfordshire Regiment during the Second Boer War (entitled to Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony’ and ‘Orange Free State’ clasp, and K.S.A.). Graham moved to Canada, and was employed as a Rancher. He re-engaged for service during the Great War, and served in the ranks of the 2nd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers in the French theatre of war. He commissioned again into the Bedfordshire Regiment in June 1917, and died in England in December 1928. Graham is buried in the Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
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