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Graham Edward Adam was born on 31 May 1896 in Rangoon, Burma, the eldest son of Beatrice Eleanor Man and James Graham Adam. He died on 6 November 1917. He was lost without a trace during the defence of Ypres Salient, Belgium in World War One and memorialized at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Viaanderen, Belgium. (Panel Number 24-28-30). The family has preserved his letters home and these can be read here. Graham belongs to Generation Seven. Notes: From James Adam's memoirs: We used to hear regularly from Graham from "somewhere in
France". He used to write very amusingly and pluckily. He was wounded in the
face and was sent to the base hospital, where he was masked "P.B." which meant
"Permanent Base". We were very relieved at this as it meant he would never
return to the front line. Alas, about this time the “Passchendale” offensive
took place and every available man was sent up. On Nov. 6th, 1917 we got a
telegram to say private Graham Adam of the 36th Battalion (he had been drafted
from the 56th) was missing. We made every possible enquiry through
Hubert Man and others but never heard any trace of
him, so presume he must have been blown up by a shell in that terrible campaign. |
