Howard Graham (Canadian Army officer)

{{Infobox military person

|name = Howard Graham

|image = Photograph of Howard Douglas Graham (1898-1986) (12236467744).jpg

|caption = Osgoode Hall Law School photo, 1921

|birth_date = 15 July 1898

|death_date = {{d-da|28 September 1986|15 July 1898}}

|birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

|death_place = Oakville, Ontario, Canada

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|allegiance = {{flag|British Empire}}

|branch = {{army|Canada}}

|serviceyears = 1916–1958

|rank = Lieutenant General

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|commands = The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
1st Infantry Brigade
Chief of the General Staff

|battles = World War I
World War II

|awards = Order of Canada
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the British Empire{{London Gazette|issue=37408|page=135|date=28 December 1945|supp=y}}
Distinguished Service Order{{London Gazette|issue=36180|page=4220|date=21 September 1943|supp=y}} and Bar{{London Gazette|issue=36477|page=1816|date=18 April 1944|supp=y}}
Canadian Efficiency Decoration
Canadian Forces' Decoration

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Lieutenant General Howard Douglas Graham {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|sep=,|OC|CVO|CBE|DSO|ED|CD|QC}} (15 July 1898 – 28 September 1986) was a Canadian Army Officer and Chief of the General Staff.{{Cite web |title=Howard Graham {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/howard-graham |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}

Early life

Born in Buffalo, New York, he was raised on a farm in Trenton, Ontario. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1922 and practised law for 17 years in Trenton. During World War I, he enlisted with the Canadian Militia at age 17 and served with the Canadian Infantry in France, Germany and Belgium. Between the wars, Graham continued in the militia as an officer with The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.

World War II and beyond

With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Graham went overseas with The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment as the regimental second-in-command. Later serving as the regimental commanding officer from 1940-1941 and later promoted to Brigadier in command of the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, he served in Britain, France, Sicily and Italy.

From 1946 to 1948 he was the Senior Canadian Army Liaison Officer and Army Advisor to the Canadian High Commissioner in London. From 1948 to 1950 he was Vice Chief of General Staff of the Canadian Army. From 1951 to 1955 he was the General Officer Commanding Central Command in Canada. From 1955 to 1958 he was the Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army. After retiring in 1958, he was Canadian Secretary to the Queen for the Royal Tour of Canada in 1959 and 1967.{{Citation| last=Buckner| first=Phillip| publication-date=2005| contribution=The Last Great Royal Tour: Queen Elizabeth's 1959 Tour to Canada| editor-last=Buckner| editor-first=Phillip| title=Canada and the End of Empire| year=2005| page=76| publication-place=Vancouver| publisher=UBC Press| isbn=0-7748-0915-9| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27IggObUC9kC&pg=PP1| accessdate=24 October 2009}}

From 1961 to 1966, he was president of the Toronto Stock Exchange.{{cite news|title=Lt.-Gen. Howard D. Graham Distinguished soldier also business leader, stock exchange head|date=September 29, 1986|work=The Globe and Mail}}

In 1987, his autobiography, Citizen and Soldier: The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Howard Graham, was published.[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0771033907 Citizen and soldier: The memoirs of Lieutenant-General Howard Graham by Howard Graham] McClelland and Stewart, 1987, {{ISBN|978-0-7710-3390-2}}

Honours

Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order (twice)
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Croix de Guerre
Officer of the Legion of Merit of the United States
In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035242/http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2006 Order of Canada Citation]
{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Hillmer |first1=Norman |first2=William |last2=Johnston |title=Howard Graham |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=16 December 2013 |publisher=Historica Canada |edition=online |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/howard-graham}}
[https://generals.dk/general/Graham/Howard_Douglas/Canada.html Generals of World War II]

{{succession box|title=Chief of the General Staff|

before=Guy Granville Simonds|

after=Samuel Findlay Clark|

years=September 2, 1955–1958}}

Category:1898 births

Category:1986 deaths

Category:Canadian generals

Category:Lawyers in Ontario

Category:Canadian military personnel of World War I

Category:Canadian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Category:Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order

Category:Officers of the Order of Canada