| Thomas Graham was the second youngest son of William and Mary Jane Graham. William Graham married Mary Jane Trimble on 17th October 1885 in the district of Cookstown.
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| Thomas Graham was born in Cookstown on 25th August 1894. He was one of eight children, seven surviving.
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| Family: William Graham, Mary Jane Graham, Matthew Graham (born 11th November 1886), Samuel Graham (born 11th November 1888), William George Graham (born 5th May 1890), Sarah Graham (born 14th July 1891), Annie Sarah Graham (born 27th June 1893), Thomas Graham (born 25th August 1894), Margaret Elizabeth Graham (born 19th November 1897), Joseph Graham (born 1st February 1900).
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| The 1901 census lists Thomas as age 6, living with the family at house 42 in Church Street, Cookstown. William Graham was a beetler in a factory.
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| The 1911 census lists Thomas as age 16, living at house 29 in Killymoon Street, Cookstown. Thomas was an apprentice linen lapper. His mother was a widow and worked as a linen weaver.
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| The family moved to Dunmurry, near Lisburn, before the start of the First World War.
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| Thomas enlisted in Lisburn.
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| Thomas’s brother, Private William Graham, was killed in action at Gallipoli in August 1915.
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| He may have embarked for France from Bordon Camp as a Rifleman in 11th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles in October 1915.
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| Corporal Thomas Graham was serving with B company of the 12th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when was killed in action on Sunday 14th April 1918. The Battalion lost a total of ten men on this day.
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| In his will, he left all to his mother.
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| Last Will and Testament of Lance Corporal Thomas Graham dated 8th December 1916:
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| In the event of my death, I give the whole of my property and effects to Mrs Mary Jane Graham, mother, Milfort Avenue, Dunmurry, County Antrim. Lance Corporal Thomas Graham, 17756, 18th Reserve Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
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| Corporal Thomas Graham is buried in Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Cemetery, thirteen kilometres south of Ypres in Belgium.
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| Oddly only Corporal Thomas Graham is commemorated on Lisburn War Memorial. Private William Graham is not.
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| The CWGC record Corporal Thomas Graham as the son of William and Mary Jane Graham of 12 Milfort Avenue, Dunmurry, County Antrim.
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