Graham, Gerald ___ 1831-1899 ___ British ___ soldier

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Graham was born in Middlesex, educated at the Woolwich Academy, and entered the Royal Engineers in 1850. He served in the Russian War of 1854-1856, and was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the Crimean War. He also took part in the China War of 1860. In 1869, he was promoted to colonel, and in 1877, he was made assistant-director of works for barracks at the War Office, a post he held until being promoted to major-general in the early 1880s, when he went to serve in Egypt and the Sudan (where he was a friend of Gordon's). Graham was knighted and made a lieutenant-general for distinguished service in the field. His brief diary notes, almost exclusively on military matters, were included in a biography written by Colonel Vetch and published in 1901.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1854-1885 ___ military Sudan Egypt

WEB TEXT LINKS
etext

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
National Army Museum, Templar Study Centre - possibly

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Life, Letters, and Diaries of Lieut.-General Sir Gerald Graham
 

May 2005, June 2008, April 2013
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