John Harper Graves
Person details
| Forename(s) | John Harper |
|---|---|
| Surname | Graves |
| Rank | Surgeon Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Navy |
| Age | 28 |
| Death | Killed by enemy action |
| Place of Death | UK > Plymouth |
| Date of Death | 13/06/1943 |
| Year of Entry | 1929 |
| House Letter | E |
| School Notes | |
| Comments | |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | Devonport Naval Dockyard |
| Prefect | School Prefect |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 22 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | UK > Plymouth |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School; Surgeon |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary |
November 21 1943. In June, 1943, by enemy action, John Harper Graves, Surgeon Lieut, R.N.V.R. Jock was at Radley in Hope's Social (E) from 1929 to 1933. A "wet bob", he was in the VIII in 1932 and 1933, the Rugger XV in 1933 and a School Prefect. All his life he was unselfish and imperturbable, whether in the field of sport or later in the practice of his profession. He was always ready to show kindness, and give help to all those who sought his advice, and by his example he inspired confidence in all who knew him. On leaving Radley he studied Medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, and on the outbreak of War joined the R.N.V.R. as a Surgeon Lieutenant. For the first two years he served aboard in a Destroyer off West Africa, then with Combined Operations in Madagascar, India, and East Africa, where he went down with malaria, and was sent home at the end of 1942 . At the beginning of this year he was posted to a British port as Surgeon in the Naval Dockyard, and it was there that he met his death during an air raid. Jock was a simple man, and in his short span of years managed to impart to his friends something of his own inner quietness, understanding and courage. |
| Service Number | 0 |
| Place of Birth |
