Private John Thomas Cragg

Army Number: 49386

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Balderton, Nottinghamshire. Son of Joseph and Susanna Cragg, of 53 Halton Gardens, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Husband of Ada Cragg, of 25A, Albert Street, Newark. He was a sugar confectioner boilers assistant prior to enlisting in May 1916 at Newark. He was killed in action, 12th April 1917, on the Sunken Road, between, Metz and Gouzeaucourt, France.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

P{rivate John Thomas Cragg is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Marys’ Church Borough Of Newark, Roll off Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Parishioner’s Church War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.