Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen | Officers, C. 8. 1. | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
A detailed legend of this soldier can be found here: http://www.sussexpeople.co.uk/captain-thomas-fleck-graham/Family :
Born 30th August 1884, son of Alexander and Ellen Graham (nee Craig), of 269, Clarence St., Brantford, Ontario, Canada.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
THOMAS FLECK GRAHAM Aug. 30, 1887(sic) -Sept.20 1918. Captain, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Son of the late Alexander Graham; b. Brantford; ed. Brantford P.S. and C.I.; Medicine 1909-14, M.B.; Graduate course in New York 1914-15.
In 1915 he was appointed Medical Officer to the 86th Machine Gun Battalion, and on reaching England was attached to the Canadian Machine Gun Depot. He was Mentioned for Valuable Services in August 1917. Near the end of that year he went to France, being appointed to No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital. Here he died shortly afterwards, chiefly from exhaustion due to overwork during the period of the German offensive. Buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen. [Roll of Service - From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.]
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | South Saxon No. 311 E.C. | Sussex |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
19th September 1917 | 17th October 1917 | 21st November 1917 |
UGLE record in the register shows "Died Sept 1918".
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley