John (Jack) Graham

Rank:GunnerNumber:215095
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:08th Reserve Bty
Name of Rgt or Ship:Royal Field Artillery
Died:13/03/1917Age:27
Country of burial:U.K.Grave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Sale (Brooklands) Cemetery
Town Memorial:Sale
Extra Information:
Born during the  September quarter 1889 in the Altrincham R.D. - ref:
8a/186, the eldest son of John & Ada Graham (nee Leigh).

1891 Census - 15 Sale Green Cottages, Old Hall Road, Sale.   Son - aged: 1
- born: Sale.    Head of household - John Graham - Married - aged: 43 -
occ: General Labourer - born: Sale.   Also - Ada Graham - Wife - aged: 37 -
born: Sale.   Plus 5 elder sisters and his maternal grandfather.

1901 Census - 6 Sale Green Cottages, Sale.   Son - aged: 11 - Scholar -
born: Sale.     Head of household - John Graham - Married - aged: 50 - occ:
Day Labourer - born: Sale.   Also - Ada Graham - Wife - aged: 47 - occ:
Shop Keeper Grocer - born: Sale.   Plus 3 elder sisters and 1 younger
brother.

His mother - Ada Graham died in early 1902, aged: 47.

1911 Census - 6 Sale Green Cottages, Sale.   Son - aged: 21 - occ: Waggoner
at Nursery - born: Sale.     Head of household - Albert Renshaw who married
his sister Annie Graham.   His father, John Graham is recorded as a Widower
- aged: 62 - occ: General Labourer - born: Sale.    Plus 1 younger
brother.

Married Edith Mary Hulson during the December quarter 1912 in the Bucklow
R.D. - ref: 8a/346.  Edith Mary Hulson was aged: 19 and employed as a
domestic servant.

Tram Driver - driving from Sale to Sale Moor.   Commemorated on the
Manchester Tramways War Memorial, located in the entrance to the Bus Depot
on Hyde Road, Ardwick, Manchester.

Both SDGW & CWGC state that his Christian name was Jack.

Buried 17/03/1917 - Burial No. 15,262.

The 1915 Sale Directory lists - John Graham, 3 Olive Terrace, Dane Road,
Sale Moor.   Post War, his widow was listed as residing at 34 Dane Road,
Sale.  She married Harry Wood in 1922.

Memorials found on:
St. Anne's (Sale Moor)
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