Pte
Joseph Graham
Military Details
Service Number: 18776
Regiment & Unit / Ship
7th Battalion Border Regiment
Enlisted
1st October 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
1/10/1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
7th
Service Number at Enlistment
18776
Service History
15/12/1915 he was admitted to Divisional Rest Station 17th Division Ailment Not Yet Diagnosed . 16/12/1915 he was transferred to another ( unspecified) hospital
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1898
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
20 Trumpet Road , Cleator
Residence (Census)
126 Ennerdale Road Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
20 Trumpet Road , Cleator
Parents
The late William and Hannah Graham
Siblings
Catherine J , James T ,
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Iron Ore Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
3rd July 1916
Age at Death
18
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
7th Battalion
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
Census data would suggest that this man was born in 1891 making him 25 when he was KIA not 18 as the CWGC have indicated
Buried or Commemorated at
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial
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