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209333 Spr. William Mitchell Graham British Army 106th Coy. Royal Engineers from:Lewknor, Oxfordshire (d.23rd Aug 1916) Will Graham emigrated to Canada before the war and homesteaded in Saskatchewan (then Northwest Territories) living in a sod shack. He sold the farm and returned to Lewknor, Oxfordshire in England to enlist once war broke out. Will died leading a forward night-time infantry trenching party, killed by an exploding German shell which fell nearby, August 23, 1916. He is buried in Authuille Military Cemetery, Authuille, France. Oddly, Will is buried in the same cemetery as Lt. Gerald Spring-Rice, who was a farm landlord from Pense, Saskatchewan, with whom Will worked prior to homesteading himself. Gerald Spring-Rice, also returned to England to fight serving with the Londsdale Battalion, Border Regiment and died in May 1916. Their final resting place in Authille cemetery seems almost certainly to be purely coincidental. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**