Corporal
William Graham
Military Details
Service Number: 241142
Regiment & Unit / Ship
5th Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
5th
Service Number at Enlistment
241142
Service History
Battalion War Diary Extract
in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields
Personal Details
Date of Birth
26 July 1886
Place of Birth
Ennerdale Bridge
Religion
C of E
Parents
Mary Graham
Married
Mary
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Iron Ore Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
21st March 1918
Age at Death
32
Circumstances of Death
Killed In Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
1918 German Spring Offensive
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
5th
Rank at Death
Corporal
Buried or Commemorated at
POZIERES MEMORIAL
France
Grave Position: Panel 46.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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