BORN CARDIFF 1886. ELDEST SON OF CHARLES AND ISOBEL GRAVES, OF CARDIFF, GALMORGAN, WALES.
HE WAS A DOCK LABOURER, BOARDING WITH HIS BROTHER, DOUGLAS JAMES GRAVES (A PEDDLAR), AT 59, NEW KING STREET, KING EDWARD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
MARRIED AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, HESSLE, SEPTEMBER 1914. HUSBAND OF MADELAINE ANNIE PEART (1896 – ), OF TOWER HILL, HESSLE (1911 CENSUS). DAUGHTER OF A BRICKLAYER.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY BOMB, 22/03/1916, AGED 29.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MADELAINE, OF STATION ROAD, BLAWDGG, CARDIFF (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 28/03/1916 & HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 3/05/1917.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH (98 NAMES).
