Edward Graham (British Army officer)


Sir Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham was a British Army officer.

Biography

Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Graham was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1878 and saw action as Assistant Adjutant-General in South Africa during the Second Boer War. He became commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in December 1908 and General Officer Commanding South Midland Division in July 1914 before being replaced in August 1914. He then served as a Deputy Adjutant General for the remainder of the war.
He was colonel of the Cheshire Regiment from 1914 to 1928.