Graham Thomas Alfred Second Lieutenant 113545
Personnel Entry
Name Graham Thomas Alfred
Army number 113545
Rank Second Lieutenant
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Darlington 23/7/1914.
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company, No 2 Company, in 1938. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 14/1/1940. Posted No 4 ITC 6/2/1940. Attached 10th Battalion DLI 6/2/1940. Posted 10th Battalion DLI 21/2/1940. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 22/5/1940 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet ascertained but probably Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 6/2/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known other than the injuries which caused his death.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Killed in Action 22-May-40. Included in Casualty List 227. Buried Plot 8. Row B. Grave 1. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. Headstone inscription reads SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL. GOD HAS ALLOWED IT, ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY. No information as yet on initial interment.
Home address Resident of Darlington. Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Graham, Darlington.
Source table 10DLI
