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Name:

William GRAHAM

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

20/6

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Frimley, Hampshire.

Age at Death:

Unit:

20th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish)

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. 22nd October 1914.

Place of Residence:

Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

3 Folly Yard, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Greenside Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Saturday 1st July 1916

Place of Death:

Somme, France.

Battle/Campaign:

Battles of the Somme, France, 1916. 1st Battle of Albert, 1st – 13th July 1916.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Greenside War Memorial, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Husband of Anne Graham of 3 Folly Yard, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Father of five children.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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