. Record of partners, staff and operatives who participated in the Great War, 1914-1919. Major J. R. N. GRAHAM, 2/9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (attached Machine Gun Corps). Major John Reginald Noble Graham, V,C. 2/9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders(attached Machine Gun Corps). Major Graham joined the 2/9th Argyll and SutherlandHighlanders on the 15th January, 1915, at Dumbarton. Hewas promoted Lieutenant in October of that year, and wasseconded to the Machine Gun Corps on the 22nd June,1916. After a period of training at Grantham he wasposted to the 136th Company, an
. Record of partners, staff and operatives who participated in the Great War, 1914-1919. Major J. R. N. GRAHAM, 2/9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (attached Machine Gun Corps). Major John Reginald Noble Graham, V,C. 2/9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders(attached Machine Gun Corps). Major Graham joined the 2/9th Argyll and SutherlandHighlanders on the 15th January, 1915, at Dumbarton. Hewas promoted Lieutenant in October of that year, and wasseconded to the Machine Gun Corps on the 22nd June,1916. After a period of training at Grantham he wasposted to the 136th Company, and sailed for Mesopotamiawith them on the 18th September, 1916, arriving at Basraon the 14th October. He remained with the 136th Companythroughout the advance to Bagdad. After the fall of Bagdad he was engaged at the battleof Istabulat on the 22nd April, 1917, at which battle he wasseverely wounded and gained the Victoria Cross. Lieut. Graham was in command of his section at thetime of, the engagement, and accompanied his guns acrossopen ground under very heavy rifle and machine gun men were quickly mown down under the hail of bullets,and in order to keep the guns supplied he perso
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