Rank
Lieutenant
Medals
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Royal Air Force, 204th Squadron
Military Service
1916-1917 University of Glasgow OTC cadet
1917 George Graham enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service at Crystal Palace on 12 August. On 15 September he was posted to Vendome and on 30 October to Cranwell from where he failed to graduate on 20 December 1917.
1918 Graham graduated successfully on 2 January [“Very good pilot indeed”] when he was promoted to Flight Sub Lieutenant. He was posted to Manston fighters on 29 January followed by 204 Squadron at Dunkirk on 16 February.
On the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 he became a Lieutenant in the new service.
On 22 April 1918 he was admitted to Queen Alexandra Hospital, Dunkirk with “incised wound [to] scalp, abrasions, concussion”. The wound was not serious and he was discharged back to his unit on 1 May.
“Since joining RNAS flown:- Bristol, Freiston(?), Sop Pup, 1 ½ Strutter, Avro, BE2c, Curtiss, Caudron, Camel” – from Service Record.
Born
Death
13th July 1918
Circumstances of death
On 13 July Camel B6389 from 204 Squadron was posted missing. It was later reported that it had been involved in a collision with another Camel from the same squadron piloted by 2nd Lieut J H Mesham at 4 40pm. Graham’s aircraft was observed to break up and crash into the sea in flames. His body was subsequently washed ashore at Cadzaut [Cadzand, Netherlands?] and was buried there on 10 August 1918. After the War the IWGC transferred his body to Flushing.
Sopwith Camel fighter
Age
19
Burial
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, I. 13.
CWGC Information
Son of Dr. James Gibson Graham, M.D., and Margaret Isabella Wilson Graham, of 17, Ashton Terrace, Dowanhill, Glasgow.
Parents
James G Graham (c1863-) & Margaret Wilson (c1875-)
Fathers Occupation
Medical doctor, general practitioner
Siblings
Spouse
Education
Occupation
Student at University of Glasgow
1901 Census
17 Ashton Terrace, Partick
Home Address
1918 – 17 Ashton Terrace, Dowanhill, Glasgow
Glasgow Necropolis
Compartment
Omega Lair 97
Other Memorials
University of Glasgow Roll of Honour
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk),
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org
Family Search – www.familysearch.org
The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/
Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com
Henshaw, T. The sky their battlefield. Air fighting and the complete list of Allied air casualties from enemy action in the First World War: Grub Street Publishers, 1995
Rank
Lieutenant
Medals
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Royal Air Force
Regiment Information
Royal Air Force, 204th Squadron
Military Service
1916-1917 University of Glasgow OTC cadet
1917 George Graham enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service at Crystal Palace on 12 August. On 15 September he was posted to Vendome and on 30 October to Cranwell from where he failed to graduate on 20 December 1917.
1918 Graham graduated successfully on 2 January [“Very good pilot indeed”] when he was promoted to Flight Sub Lieutenant. He was posted to Manston fighters on 29 January followed by 204 Squadron at Dunkirk on 16 February.
On the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 he became a Lieutenant in the new service.
On 22 April 1918 he was admitted to Queen Alexandra Hospital, Dunkirk with “incised wound [to] scalp, abrasions, concussion”. The wound was not serious and he was discharged back to his unit on 1 May.
“Since joining RNAS flown:- Bristol, Freiston(?), Sop Pup, 1 ½ Strutter, Avro, BE2c, Curtiss, Caudron, Camel” – from Service Record.
Born
Death
13th July 1918
Circumstances of Death
On 13 July Camel B6389 from 204 Squadron was posted missing. It was later reported that it had been involved in a collision with another Camel from the same squadron piloted by 2nd Lieut J H Mesham at 4 40pm. Graham’s aircraft was observed to break up and crash into the sea in flames. His body was subsequently washed ashore at Cadzaut [Cadzand, Netherlands?] and was buried there on 10 August 1918. After the War the IWGC transferred his body to Flushing.
Sopwith Camel fighter
Age
19
Burial
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, I. 13.
At present Graham’s remains rest in Flushing Northern Cemetery. However, according to CWGC records, his body was exhumed and moved there in October 1982 from Flushing New General Cemetery. According to his RAF Service Record his body was originally buried at Cadzaut [Cadzand, Netherlands?] and I have not found any information on when it was moved to Flushing New General Cemetery.
CWGC Information
Son of Dr. James Gibson Graham, M.D., and Margaret Isabella Wilson Graham, of 17, Ashton Terrace, Dowanhill, Glasgow.
Parents
James G Graham (c1863-) & Margaret Wilson (c1875-)
Father's Occupation
Medical doctor, general practitioner
Siblings
Spouse
Education
Occupation
Student at University of Glasgow
Home Address
1918 – 17 Ashton Terrace, Dowanhill, Glasgow
Glasgow Necropolis
Compartment
Omega Lair 97
1901 Census
17 Ashton Terrace, Partick
Other Memorials
University of Glasgow Roll of Honour
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk),
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org
Family Search – www.familysearch.org
The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/
Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com
Henshaw, T. The sky their battlefield. Air fighting and the complete list of Allied air casualties from enemy action in the First World War: Grub Street Publishers, 1995
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
George Wilson Graham Monument - Omega Glasgow Necropolis