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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
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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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