Flight Cadet Vernon William GRAHAM
1893 - 1918 (24 years)
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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. Yes, date unknown 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
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Photos 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 
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
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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.
- Cobden of the Past FB Page Nov 8, 2018
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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).
- [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).