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Major-General Douglas Alexander Henry Graham CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (26 March 1893 – 28 September 1971) was a senior officer of the British Army who fought with distinction in both World War I and World War II. During his early life he studied at the University of Glasgow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ARCHIVE SERVICES: Roll of Honour )〕 When the First World War broke out in August 1914, Graham was serving in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and during the conflict was rescued by Henry May, the action that led to May being awarded the Victoria Cross. Shortly before the start of the Second World War, Graham was given command of the 2nd Battalion, Cameronians. He commanded several different brigades and divisions during the Second World War including the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during the Normandy landings as part of Operation Overlord. ==First World War== After leaving Glasgow Academy, Graham was commissioned into 3rd Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force as a second lieutenant on 26 September 1911, but he resigned his commission on 25 September 1912. After attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was granted a regular commission, again as a second lieutenant, on 17 September 1913, in the Cameronians. Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, Graham was promoted to lieutenant, and he was serving in the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), when, on 22 October 1914, he was involved in an action that would lead to the award of the Victoria Cross. Whilst in the La Boutillerie area of France, Lieutenant Graham was wounded in the leg. Rifleman Henry May dragged him 300 yards to safety. Graham was promoted captain on 18 June 1916, and was appointed a Brigade Major on 30 April 1917 He was awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 New Year Honours. He finished the war having also been awarded the French Croix de guerre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=British Army Officers, 1939–1945 )〕
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