{"id":6052,"date":"2025-10-20T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=6052"},"modified":"2025-12-31T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:58:23","slug":"harry-h-graham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wwii\/creighton\/harry-h-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry H Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-6052\" data-postid=\"6052\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6052 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_cuzr670 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_izvx670 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_bryl670   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Name: <\/strong><\/span><strong>Harry Huntington Graham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DoB:<\/strong> 13<sup>th<\/sup> July \u00a01910<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Regt:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DoD: <\/strong><\/span>29\/03\/1945\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Buried\/Commemorated: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>: The Creighton School 1922-24<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Other:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Biographical Information<\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_jhjq670 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_nbhs710 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harry-H-Graham-Pic-2.png\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-6369\" title=\"Harry H Graham Pic 2\" alt=\"Harry H Graham Pic 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harry-H-Graham-Pic-2.png 620w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harry-H-Graham-Pic-2-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_4ab6399 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harry-H-Graham-Pic-1.png\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-6368\" title=\"Harry H Graham Pic 1\" alt=\"Harry H Graham Pic 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harry-H-Graham-Pic-1.png 620w, https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harry-H-Graham-Pic-1-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_efrs247 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_d4fy247 first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_9ske247 \" data-behavior=\"accordion\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   gray\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-9ske247-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-9ske247-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-9ske247-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-9ske247-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_8pln247\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_pjv7247 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xjcn247   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Family Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harry was the son of George and Margaret Nicholson Graham and the husband of Mary Agnes Graham. They had two children. The family lived at Elm Terrace, Newtown,, Carlisle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>229 Denton St (while at school)<\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-9ske247-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-9ske247-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-9ske247-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-9ske247-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_qpte247\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_qslb247 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0ykd247   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Academic Record: Robert Ferguson PS; CS 1922-24. Left to be an electrician<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-9ske247-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-9ske247-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Record                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-9ske247-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-9ske247-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_b254247\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_g45w247 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ccj2247   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>War Service<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 800964, Royal Artillery<\/p>\n<p>attd., Special Operations Executive<\/p>\n<p>Harry joined the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1930 for a period of three years and nine in the reserve. In 1939 he was recalled. After surviving Dunkirk, and witnessing the suffering of the French populace, he joined Special Operations Executive in 1943.<\/p>\n<p>Harry was captured by the Germans following a mission in occupied France and he died in Flossenburg concentration camp in Germany in March 1945. His army casualty card reports he went missing on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> February 1945 and that he later died as a Prisoner of war. It is then amended to say he was Killed in Action whilst a POW. An army\u00a0 report from October 1945 recommending him for an award reads thus:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSgt GRAHAM was parachuted into FRANCE on 16<sup>th<\/sup> August 1943 as a member of a coup de main party which was to attack a synthetic oil company at AUTUN. The operation was entirely successful, and Sgt GRAHAM showed exceptional courage and efficiency in the accomplishment of his allotted task. He was one of two members of the party who placed the charges on the target, and his coolness and daring greatly contributed to the successful accomplishment of this operation.<\/p>\n<p>After the operation GRAHAM escaped towards AVALLON but was later reported as missing. He was mentioned on a list of Gestapo prisoners in October 1944, and has since been reported executed at FLOSSENBURG in March 1945.<\/p>\n<p>For his great courage and devotion in carrying out this dangerous, clandestine mission\u2026\u201d (Incomplete) and also sates he was \u201cMentioned in Despatches. Posthumous\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mission was called Scullion2 and was headed by Captain Hugh Dormer. He and sergeant Birch both escaped and returned to the UK, only fpr Dormer to be killed in Normandy in 1944. Sergeant Birch survived the war. The other SOE members were also captured and were held in Paris for six months before being transferred to Flossenburg:\u00a0 they were also executed alongside Harry. In total 13 SOE members were executed that same day and some had been subjected to torture.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-9ske247-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-9ske247-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Other                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-9ske247-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-9ske247-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_hez9247\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_7j5q247 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ko31247   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Other: He was a joiner before he signed up for the military. In 1930 he described himself as being 5\u201971\/2\u201d tall with light brown hair and grey eyes.<\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-9ske247-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-9ske247-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-9ske247-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-9ske247-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_7ain247\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_yhbi247 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6um9247   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Rod Bailey IWM<\/p>\n<p>Attestation papers<\/p>\n<p>Casualty card<\/p>\n<p>Copy of Plaque at Flossenburg<\/p>\n<p>Other letters held by the family<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Creighton Register<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Information Name: Harry Huntington Graham DoB: 13th July \u00a01910 Regt:\u00a0 DoD: 29\/03\/1945\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34 Buried\/Commemorated: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL Academic Career: The Creighton School 1922-24 Other:\u00a0 Biographical Information Family Background Family Background: Harry was the son of George and Margaret Nicholson Graham and the husband of Mary Agnes Graham. They had two children. 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