Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\nName:<\/strong>William Graham<\/p>\nDoB:\u00a0<\/strong>August 19 1894
Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>16367 Corporal, Border\u00a0
DoD: \u00a0<\/strong>July 1 1916
Academic Career<\/strong>: CGS\u00a01908-13
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William was the 11th \u00a0child of 13 born to William Graham and Mary (n\u00e9e Gilbertson). William senior is listed as a labourer and a gamekeeper, so it seems likely that William junior was a scholarship pupil. The family lived in the Kingstown\/Stanwix area from 1882 onwards. William and Mary had been married at Longtown in 1877 and their first two children were born there. Mary was born in Dumfries-shire and her family moved to Longtown when she was very young. Her mother died in 1881 which may explain the move to Stanwix. Her widowed father and siblings also moved to the Stanwix area. Both of William\u2019s grandfathers had been agricultural labourers like his father.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n - \n \n \n Academic Record: <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n\n \n
William attended the Grammar School as a pupil from 1908-11 and then as a Pupil Teacher \u00a0from 1911-13. He played centre forward in the football team and won the football shield in 1912. He won prizes for the 200 yard dash over three years. After leaving school he became a schoolmaster.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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William enlisted \u00a0in Carlisle in the 11th<\/sup>\u00a0Battalion the Border Regt., better known as the Lonsdales. The Lonsdale\u2019s had been formed by the Earl of Lonsdale and it was a \u201cpals battalion\u201d. William was in B company which was made up of men from North and West Cumbria and landed in France on the 23rd<\/sup>November 1915.<\/p>\nHe was a corporal but at the time of his death he was acting sergeant. On July 1 1916 the battalion were at Authuille WoodU, the War Diary states<\/p>\n
\u201cZero time 7.30 am. Battalion advanced from assembly trenches at 8 am and came under very heavy machine gun fire suffering over 500 casualties<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
DoB:\u00a0<\/strong>August 19 1894 William was the 11th \u00a0child of 13 born to William Graham and Mary (n\u00e9e Gilbertson). William senior is listed as a labourer and a gamekeeper, so it seems likely that William junior was a scholarship pupil. The family lived in the Kingstown\/Stanwix area from 1882 onwards. William and Mary had been married at Longtown in 1877 and their first two children were born there. Mary was born in Dumfries-shire and her family moved to Longtown when she was very young. Her mother died in 1881 which may explain the move to Stanwix. Her widowed father and siblings also moved to the Stanwix area. Both of William\u2019s grandfathers had been agricultural labourers like his father.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n William attended the Grammar School as a pupil from 1908-11 and then as a Pupil Teacher \u00a0from 1911-13. He played centre forward in the football team and won the football shield in 1912. He won prizes for the 200 yard dash over three years. After leaving school he became a schoolmaster.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n William enlisted \u00a0in Carlisle in the 11th<\/sup>\u00a0Battalion the Border Regt., better known as the Lonsdales. The Lonsdale\u2019s had been formed by the Earl of Lonsdale and it was a \u201cpals battalion\u201d. William was in B company which was made up of men from North and West Cumbria and landed in France on the 23rd<\/sup>November 1915.<\/p>\n He was a corporal but at the time of his death he was acting sergeant. On July 1 1916 the battalion were at Authuille WoodU, the War Diary states<\/p>\n \u201cZero time 7.30 am. Battalion advanced from assembly trenches at 8 am and came under very heavy machine gun fire suffering over 500 casualties<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>16367 Corporal, Border\u00a0
DoD: \u00a0<\/strong>July 1 1916
Academic Career<\/strong>: CGS\u00a01908-13
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