Graham, William

SOLDIER DETAILS:

Graham, William
Private 21st Battalion 142530
April 9, 1917
Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus, Pas de Calais, France
20th Regiment Halton Rifles
Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Victoria Park Cenotaph
R, Laughton

Commonwealth War Graves

Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Private Graham is remembered on both the Victoria Park and the Haltonville Cenotaphs in Milton. At Haltonville he is listed as Grahame and still with the 76th Battalion.

Private Graham is buried in the Nine Elms Military Cemetery in Thélus, near the site of Vimy Ridge.

IV. C. 8.

Other Links:

	CEFSG Matrix Unit Information - 21st Bn
	Library and Archives Canada War Diary
	Nicholson Chapter VI and Chapter VIII and Map 7.

SOLDIER SUMMARY:

Private William Graham was the brother of Andrew Graham of Milton West , Ontario. He was born in Scotland. He attested to the 76th Battalion on November 15, 1915 in Milton just after signing up with the 20th Halton Rifles. He was transferred to the 21st Battalion (2nd Division, 4th Infantry Brigade) on July 7, 1916. The 21st was an active unit in France.

William suffered a flesh gunshot wound to his right forearm on September 15, 1916 while fighting at the Somme. At that time he was involved, with other Milton lads, in the action at the Sugar Factory near Courcelette, France. Many did not survive that action at Sunken Road, as noted in other reports of Milton soldiers. He was treated in England and after passing through the 6th Reserve Battalion and the 2nd Entrenching Battalion, he returned to service with the 21st on March 13, 1917.

Private Graham was subsequently killed in the assault on Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917

Vimy Ridge April 9, 1917
Nicholson Map 7

The soldier pages contain information that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks are active where the information is available:

	Soldier Name: Veteran Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial
	Soldier Number: Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Papers
	Cemetery: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register
	Remembrance: Maple Leaf Legacy Project, Remembrance of Canada's War Dead

The summary of the service is taken from the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is available in electronic and paper format in the Alex Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society. Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared. The research information available is as noted on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line War Diaries.

A summary of all the soldiers is contained on the Web Blog "Great War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb.