Ref ID: 2983
Name
John Graham.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Rifleman John Graham.
Life Story
Name: John Graham.
Service Number: 188.
Rank: Rifleman.
Battalion: 9th Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.
Born: 1st February 1885, Belfast.
Died: 23rd March 1918.
Address: 21 Hemsworth Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
John Graham, son of John and Ellen Graham, lived with his mother, wife Charlotte and child at 21 Hemsworth Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
John had married Charlotte Graham, Nee Neill, on the 28th of June 1913 and they had a boy, John born on the 25th April 1914
.
The 1911 Ireland Census has John living at 8 Hemsworth Street, Shankill Road, Belfast with an Eliza Cubitt, shown as Head Of Family, and a Ellen McMeeken, Linen Weaver, described as a Boarder. John, occupation, Labourer In Shipyard, is also described as a Boarder too
.
John joined the Royal Irish Rifles.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 5th of October 1915.
John Graham was a Rifleman in 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed In Action on the 23rd March 1918 aged 33 years
.
A local newspaper states.
GRAHAM - Rfm J Graham Royal Irish Rifles, 21 Hemsworth Street, Belfast, Died In Germany
.
Johns Solider Effects were left to his wife Charlotte.
His Will, signed and dated 6th March 1916 in Harve left his Personal Property to his wife Charlotte.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows his widow as claimant. It also shows that she had remarried was now called Charlotte Cunningham
.
John received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 - 1915 Star
.
He is Remembered at Pozieres Memorial, France.
To Remember Is To Honour
.
Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1919
Classification
Newspaper, Roll of Honour or Memorial, Photograph - Belfast Telegraph
