Flight Cadet Vernon William GRAHAM

1893 - 1918  (24 years)

• Name	Vernon William GRAHAM
  Title	Flight Cadet
  Birth	5 Dec 1893	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jul 1918	Napsbury, , England
  Burial	St. Albans, St. Albans, Herfordshire, England
  Person ID	I42024	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert B GRAHAM,   b. 8 Nov 1857, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Dec 1932, MacLeod Valley, , Alberta, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Isabella MONTGOMERY,   b. 18 Jul 1858, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1944 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1886	Methodist Church, Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F3020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessie Ivy CHANDLER,   b. Abt 1892, Surrey, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Apr 1918	Shottermill, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F24956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2021

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Graham, Sergeant Vernon William Photograph posted on Renfrew Collegiate Institute FB page https://www.facebook.com/RenfrewCollegiate/photos/a.1593943207513505/3008099742764504
  		Westmeath War Memorial, Westmeath, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Westmeath War Memorial, Westmeath, Ontario (on the back) Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Beachburg War Memorial, Beachburg, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919
  		WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1
  		Graham, Vernon William WWI Military Service Record Killed accidently in plane crash http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B3713-S001
  		CHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		Graham, Flight Cadet Vernon William The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/364907

  
  

  Histories

  Graham, Flight Cadet Vernon William - WWI Casualty Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted updated Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Cobden of the Past FB Page Nov 8, 2018 Sgt. Vernon William Graham was a druggist who enlisted Dec 13, 1915 at the age of 22 and died Jul 16, 1918 in England, age 24. He was the son of Robert B. Graham and Isabella Montgomery and was born in Cobden. He transferred from a Sgt in the 5th Canadian Division into the 18th Wing of Royal Canadian Air Force in December 1917. He was approved in May 2018, to marry Jessie Chandler in England while enlisted. In July while a Flight Cadet, he was killed accidentally in a mid-air collision between two Avros near Napsbury, England.

  
  

• Sources

  [S668] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S493] Lewis, Olga, Renfrew County Marriages, 1876-1890, (Sep 1998). [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), #010299 Ross Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3).