Private John Henry Gretton

Army Number: 61205

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Arnold, Nottinghamshire. Son of Henry and Alice Gretton. Husband of Ada Gretton. Was a grocer shop assistant for the Mansfield Co-Op Society. He enlisted at Arnold and died 31st July 1917

Commemorated : Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.

Private Gretton is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.
Beacon Baptist Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottingham.