Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Ritchie Coryton GRAHAM KCB, KCMG 1
- Born: 1859, Agra, Bengal, India
- Marriage (1): Ada Douglas CRACE
- Died: 29 Jan 1951, Thornbury, Holsworth, Devon, England aged 92
General Notes:
Census 1861: With Gr. Father Coryton in Woolwich, Kent. Age 2
Census 1871: With his Gr. father Graham in Cheltenham, scholar, aged12
Served in South African War 1899-1901
Acting Adjutant General, HQ 1905-8
Commanded 8th Infantry Brigade, Southern Command 1908-12
Commanded S. Midland Division, Territorial Force 1914
Colonel, Cheshire Regiment 1914-28
Served in Great War 1914-19
Major General
Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur (1915)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1915)
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1918)
Maj General Sir Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham was born at Calcutta in 1859. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and gazetted to the Cheshire Regiment in 1878. He served in the South African War in command of the 2nd Battalion and in 1908 was made Brigadier and Commander of the 8th Infantry and Brigadier and Commander of the South Midland Division in 1814. In the First World War he was eight times Mentioned in Dispatches and knighted in 1918. He retired in 1920. His wife, Ada Douglas, daughter of Mr W Crace, died in 1943 while he died at his home in Thornbury, Holsworth, on 29 January 1951 in his 93rd year[10].
Noted events in his life were:
1. Occupation: Soldier.
Edward married Ada Douglas CRACE, daughter of W. CRACE and Unknown. (Ada Douglas CRACE died in 1943.)
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