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Lewis Robley Graham
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Lewis Robley Graham H/19542 Sergeant Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C. May 18, 1907 North Sydney, Nova Scotia September 12, 1939 30 Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Clerk Presbyterian Single Florence Mitchell Graham (Mother) Halifax, NS August 19, 1942 35 Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. "A". No. 9. Commemorated on Page 77 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 20 One of four children, Lewis Robley Graham was the son of Gordon McGregor Graham (1876- 1946) and of Florence Ryder (Mitchell) Graham (1879-1949) of Halifax, NS. His father was born in New Glasgow, NS; his mother – in Saint Stephen, New Brunswick. Lewis had a brother Gordon Mitchell Graham (1904-1971), and two sisters, Mary MacGregor Graham (1910-1986), and Marjorie Christine Graham (1920-2021). Marjorie married John Gordon Langley who served in a Searchlight Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery in Peterborough, ON, during WWII (1941). At the age of 21, Lewis left Nova Scotia for Manitoba. He embarked Halifax for overseas on August 25, 1940, and arrived in Gourock, Scotland on September 5, 1940. On August 18, Sergeant Lewis Robley Graham embarked England for France as part of the attack at Dieppe. He was listed as killed in action on August 19, 1942 while serving with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. The Queen’s Own landed at Green Beach, West of the center landing force.
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