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Lieutenant Colonel Charles James Burke, DSO

Burke was born in 1882 in Ballinhone House, Armagh. He joined the British Army where he served in the Boer War and in West Africa. In 1910, he learned to fly and joined the Air Battalion Royal Engineers, from which was formed the Royal Flying Corps. In May, he was...

Captain Norman Clotworthy Graham MC

Graham was born on 19 April 1889 in Dunadry, County Antrim. He studied medicine at Queens University Belfast and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1915. He served as an Army Doctor at the Battle of the Somme and was awarded the Military Cross for displaying outstanding courage. Graham...