Howard Graham

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Howard Douglas Graham , OC , CVO , CBE , DSO & Bar , ED , CD (born July 15, 1898 in Buffalo , New York - † September 28, 1986 in Oakville , Ontario ) was a Canadian lawyer , politician and officer who served as lieutenant general between 1955 and 1958 was Chief of the General Staff of the Army .

Life

Howard Douglas Graham grew up on a farm in Trenton and volunteered in the Canadian Army at the age of seventeen during World War I in 1915 . After the end of the war, he completed a law degree and, after being admitted to the Ontario bar in 1922, took up an activity as a lawyer in Trenton, which he practiced until 1939. In 1933 he was mayor of Trenton for some time . During the interwar period he was also an officer in the Ontario militia.

After the outbreak of World War II , Graham returned to military service and was first deputy commander and then between September 2, 1940 and January 24, 1941, commander of the 1st Battalion of the Reserve Infantry Regiment The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment , of which he was subsequently in command from January 24, 1941 to September 8, 1942. He was then transferred to the United Kingdom , where he was in command of the 7th Infantry Brigade from September 8, 1942 to January 14, 1943. He was then between January 15 and December 17, 1943 commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade deployed in Sicily and Italy . On September 23, 1943, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). After returning to Canada, he was Deputy Chief of the General Staff at the National Defense Headquarters between March 13, 1944 and August 31, 1945. On March 18, 1944, he was awarded a clasp (bar) for the Distinguished Service Order.

On January 1, 1946, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was Chief Liaison Officer in the Canadian Army in the United Kingdom between 1946 and 1948. For his services during the Second World War, he was also mentioned in the war report on April 4, 1946 ( Mentioned in dispatches ). He was also awarded the Officer's Cross of the US Legion of Merit on May 14, 1948 . From 1948 to 1950 he was initially Vice-Chief of the General Staff of the Army and then from 1951 to 1955 Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of the Central Command of the Army.

Most recently, Lieutenant General Howard Graham succeeded Lieutenant General Guy Simonds as Chief of the Army General Staff on September 2, 1955 and remained in this position until he retired from active military service in 1958, after which he was succeeded by Lieutenant General Samuel Findlay Clark . In 1961 he was president of the Toronto Stock Exchange , the largest stock exchange in Canada, and held this position until 1966. On 22 December 1967 he was "for his services as coordinator for royal visits and in the Canadian army and especially as chief of staff" for Officer of the Order of Canada (CC). Between October 1, 1968 and March 24, 1973 he was regimental colonel in the electronics and communications branch of the army. On August 3, 1973 he was also appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).

publication

  • Citizen and Soldier , posthumously, 1987

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36180, HMSO, London, September 21, 1943, p. 4220 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36477, HMSO, London, April 18, 1944, p. 1816 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 37408, HMSO, London, December 28, 1945, p. 135 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
  4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 37521, HMSO, London, April 2, 1946, p. 1715 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 38571, HMSO, London, March 25, 1949, p. 1530 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
  6. ↑ LIEUTENANT GENERAL HOWARD GRAHAM, OC, CVO, CBE, DSO, ED, CD, QC on the Governor General Honors Homepage
  7. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46052, HMSO, London, August 14, 1973, p. 9729 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
predecessor Office successor
Guy Simonds Chief of the General Staff of the Army
1955–1958 		Samuel Findlay Clark
personal data
SURNAME Graham, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graham, Howard Douglas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1986
Place of death Oakville , Ontario