Lieutenant General Sir Peter Walter Graham KCB CBE (14 March 1937 – 30 December 2024) was a British army lieutenant general who was General Officer Commanding Scotland from 1991 to 1993.
Military career
Graham was born in London on 14 March 1937.[1] He was brought up in Fyvie in Aberdeenshire,[2] and educated at St Paul's School in London and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Graham was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1956.[3] He went on to be adjutant of the 1st battalion of his regiment in 1963[3] and was mentioned in despatches for his services in Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in 1966.[4] In 1974 he was appointed military assistant to General Sir Cecil Blacker, the Adjutant-General to the Forces.[3]
Graham was made commanding officer of 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders 1976 and chief of staff at 3rd Armoured Division in 1978.[3] He went on to command the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1982[3] and was mentioned in despatches for his services in Northern Ireland in 1984.[5] He became deputy military secretary at the Ministry of Defence in 1985 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in 1987.[3] In 1989 he was made Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[3] He became General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1991 and retired in 1993.[3]
Personal life and death
In 1963 he married Alison Mary Morren; they went on to have three sons.[3] His brother is the former Lord Mayor of London, Sir Alexander Graham.[2]
Graham was a supporter of a 'No' vote for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and was listed as a speaker at the launch of the Better Together Buchan campaign group on 9 November 2013.[6]
Graham died on 30 December 2024, at the age of 87.[7]
References
- ^ "Lieutenant General Sir Peter Graham, Gordon Highlander who commanded the Ulster Defence Regiment". The Telegraph. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ a b "A war-time childhood in Fyvie". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ "No. 44196". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 December 1966. p. 13461.
- ^ "No. 49898". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 October 1984. p. 13962.
- ^ Launch of Better Together Buchan (Local Group Launch Event) Better together, 3 November 2013
- ^ Henderson, Michelle (31 December 2024). "Tributes paid to legendary Gordon Highlander following death at 87". The Press & Journal. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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