Frederick Graham (British Army officer)
Frederick Graham | |
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Born | 14 December 1908 |
Died | 9 May 1988 (aged 79) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Major General |
Service number | 41133 |
Commands | 61st Lorried Infantry Brigade 51st (Highland) Division |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Major General Frederick Clarence Campbell Graham CB, DSO (14 December 1908 – 9 May 1988) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Born the son of Sir (John) Frederick Noble Graham, 2nd Baronet and Irene Maud Campbell, Graham was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1] He commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 2 February 1929.[2] He served in the Second World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[1]
After the war he became commander of the 61st Lorried Infantry Brigade in January 1951, assistant commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in August 1953 and deputy commander of the Land Forces in Hong Kong in 1956.[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 51st (Highland) Division in March 1959 before retiring in March 1962.[3]
He served as Colonel of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1958 to 1972[4] and as Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk from 1979 to 1983.[5]
Works
- Graham, Frederick Clarence Campbell (1948), History of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 1st Battalion (Princess Louise's) 1939–1945, T. Nelson & Sons
Family
In 1936 he married Phyllis Mary MacMahon; they had three sons.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, US. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ^ "No. 33462". The London Gazette. 1 February 1929. p. 772.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "No. 20577". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 October 1979. p. 1139.
External links
- 1908 births
- 1988 deaths
- British Army major generals
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- People educated at Eton College
- Younger sons of baronets
- Lord-Lieutenants of Stirling and Falkirk
- British Army personnel of World War II