Graham-Dixon, Michael Stuart, son of Leslie Charles Graham-Dixon QC, barrister, of Nutley, Sussex, and Dorothy, d. of Alfred Rivett of Wanstead, Essex; b. 11 Nov. 1927; adm. Sept. 1940 (KS); left July 1946; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; publishing 1952-73; freelance book ed. 1974-86; artist and designer 1986-; m. 22 May 1954 Anita, d. of Henri Jules Theodore Falkenstein of Wimbledon; d. 26 Jan. 2001.
Graham-Dixon, Anthony Philip, brother of Michael Stuart Graham-Dixon (qv); b. 5 Nov. 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1947; left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1952 (1st class hons Litt. Hum. ), MA 1956; called to the Bar, Inner Temple Feb. 1956, Bencher 1982-6; QC 1973; board member, PHLS 1987-96, dep. chmn. 1988-96; m. 15 Dec. 1956 Margaret Suzanne, d. of Edgar Hurmon Villar; d. 6 Mar. 2012.
Graham, Stuart Douglas, second son of Major William Bannatyne Graham, of the Manchester Regt., by Mary Beatrice, daughter of the Rev. Edward Halifax Hansell, Rector of East Ilsley, Berks; b. Feb. 18, 1890; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); migrated up Grant's; left July 1908; R.M.A. Woolwich 1909; 2nd Lieut. R. A. July 23, 1910; Lieut. July 23, 1913; Capt. July 23, 1916; acting Major Dec. 30, 1916; served in Great War I 1914-9, on the staff on the western front and in Greek Macedonia, etc.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and May 21, 1918; M.C. Jan. 1, 1916; p. s. c.; staff Capt. at the War Office 1926-8; Major May 1, 1927; Ede. Major, Aldershot, 1928-30, and in India 1934; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1937; Col. Jan. 9, 1939; Brigadier; wounded 1940; M.I. 11, War Office, 1941-3; chairman, Inter-Services Security Board; retired May 1946; Jurat of the Royal Court, Jersey, 1955-60; m. July 11, 1916, Marjorie Helen, elder daughter of George Harry Le Maistre, of London; d. 15 Dec. 1980.
Graham, Roderic Arthur, brother of Stuart Douglas Graham (q.v.); b. July 2, 1891; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (G); left Easter 1910; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1910-1; 2nd Lieut. unattached Sept. 6, 1911, Indian Army Nov. 4, 1912; Lieut. 31st Punjabis Dec. 6, 1913; Capt. Sept. 6, 1915; served in France 1914-5, Egypt 1916, Mesopotamia 1916-8, and Salonika 1918; mentioned in despatches; Major Sept. 6, 1928; retired, and re-employed in Great War II with local rank of Lieut.-Col. as Commandant Indian State Forces Training School; O.B.E. June 13, 1946; d. 12 Oct. 1964.
GRAHAM, JOHN; b.; adm. 24 Oct 1790 (Clapham); at school 1793; in school lists 1795, 1797; left Mich. 1799.
GRAHAM, JOHN, eldest son of John Smith Graham, Bernard Street, Bloomsbury, London, and Anne Elliott (IGI); b. 12 Dec 1812; adm. 10 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1831; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1833; migr. to New Inn Hall; BA 1837; ordained deacon (London) 12 Jun 1840, priest 6 Jun 1841; Curate, St. John’s, Hackney; his poem on Staffa, written for the Newdigate Prize in 1832, when he was defeated by Roundell Palmer (afterwards Earl of Selborne) was published in Blackwood’s Magazine, 1832; d. 28 Nov 1845.
GRAHAM, JAMES WILLIAM, son of Joseph Graham, London, and Johanna Lomax, Sleaford, Lincs.; b. 16 Jul 1785; adm.; KS 1799; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1800; Ensign, 6th Bombay Native Infantry 22 May 1801; Lieut., 18 Dec 1803; Capt., 8 Jan 1816; 12th Bombay Native Infantry 5 Jun 1817; interpreter and translator, Supreme Court of Justice, Bombay; Maj., 12th Bombay Native Infantry 1 May 1826 – 21 Nov 1828, cashiered in India; returned to England; d. 22 Jun 1849.
Graham, Herbert Henry Cecil, son of Thomas Henry Boileau Graham, of Cricklewood, Middlesex, barrister-at-law; b. July 8, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (A); left July 1912: served in Great War I; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. July 8, 1918; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; B.A. 1919; called to the bar (Inner Temple) June 1922; a Special Commissioner of Taxes 1935; m. Katherine Helen Woodman; d. July 31, 1950.
Graham, Hartley Brisco, son of Hartley Graham, solicitor, of Penrith, Cumbria, and Alice Emma, d. of George Arthur Rivington of Penrith; b. 20 Jan. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (R); left July 1929; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1935; practised at Penrith; RA 1939-42 (Lieut.); d. of wounds (Libya) 1 June 1942.
Hartley Brisco Graham was born at Penrith, Cumberland on the 20th of January 1911 the younger son of Hartley Graham, a solicitor, and Alice Margaret Emma (nee Rimington) Graham of “The Larches”, Penrith in Cumberland. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith and at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1924 to July 1929. He served as a Lance Corporal in the Officer Training Corps. On leaving school he qualified as a solicitor and worked in his father’s business at Penrith.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in the Territorial Army on the 24th of May 1939.
He was posted to 72 (Northumbrian) Field Regiment which embarked on board the SS Empress of Asia at Liverpool on the 21st of April 1941 for service in the Middle East. The Regiment landed at Port Tewfik in Egypt on the 23rd of June and by April 1942 they were based at Bir Geff in Libya as part of the 150th Infantry Brigade. On the 21st of April they handed over these positions and relocated to Rotunda Ualeb, between the Trigh El Abd and Trigh Capuzzo, which formed part of the British defences known as the Gazala Line. Their position was known as the Sidi Muftah Box.
On the 30th of May 1942, General Erwin Rommel, commanding officer of the Afrika Corps, made a personal reconnaissance of the area leading to the Sidi Muftah Box with a view to making a major attack on it the following day. Later in the day his men began clearing lanes on the eastern side of the protective British minefields in preparation for the attack. Once this was completed a column of German motorised infantry attacked and penetrated the British positions before being thrown back by the infantry supported by tanks.
On the morning the 31st of May 1942, General Rommel made a formal request to General Cecil William Haydon, officer commanding 150th Infantry Brigade, for the surrender of his garrison. This demand was met without a response. A short time later a heavy artillery bombardment preceded an attack by elements of the German 90th Light Division and the Italian Trieste Division on the British positions. They forced their way forward “against the toughest British resistance imaginable” in intense close quarter fighting before being forced back with heavy losses several hours after their attack had begun. An hour later the attack resumed with the Axis infantry being supported by tanks and with several breaks in the lines being made, all of which were closed after bitter fighting. In spite of the hard fighting by the defenders, by nightfall, when both sides drew back, the size of the Box had halved in size.
On the morning of the 1st of June 1942, the beleaguered defenders were heavily bombarded by artillery and by Junkers 87 “Stuka” dive bombers before massed German and Italian infantry and tanks renewed their assault. After very heavy, often hand to hand, fighting the Sidi Muftah Box fell in the early afternoon with the capture of more than 3,000 prisoners and the destruction or capture of 124 guns and 101 tanks and armoured cars. Rommel came forward to congratulate General Haydon on the magnificent way his troops had fought, only find that his opponent had been killed by shellfire earlier in the day. Hartley Graham was one of the many casualties from the three days of fighting.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Penrith and on the memorial at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith.
He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial Column 31.
GRAHAM, GEORGE; b.; at school 1792 (Clapham from 24 Oct 1795); in school lists 1795, 1797; probably “Graham” who played cricket v. Eton at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799.