Lance Corporal Isaac Graham
The background of this North Irish Horseman is not known at present.
Isaac Graham enlisted in the North Irish Horse on 19 October 1914 (No.1320). On 17 November 1915 he embarked for France with F Squadron, which at the time was serving as divisional cavalry to the 33rd Division.
In June 1916 F Squadron combined with C Squadron and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron to form the 2nd North Irish Horse Regiment, serving as corps cavalry to X Corps until September 1917, when the regiment was disbanded and its men transferred to the infantry. Graham was one of 70 men given the job of conducting the regiment's horses to Egypt, to be handed over for use by mounted units there. They embarked from Marseilles on board HMT Bohemian on 25 August. After a month at Alexandria they returned to France, via Italy. On 5 October 1917 they arrived at the 36th (Ulster) Division Infantry Base Depot at Harfleur for infantry training, and after just a few days were posted to the 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers – which had been renamed the 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion – joining it in the field at Ruyaulcourt on 12 October. Graham was issued regimental number 41573.
No further information has been located about Graham's service with the 9th (NIH) Battalion through the latter part of 1917 and during 1918, other than that at some point his name was included on a list men who were sick or wounded.
On 11 March 1919 he was demobilised and transferred to Class Z, Army Reserve.