Private John Thomas Cree

Army Number: 49387

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

Born at Bridgewater, Somerset. Son of Henry and Ruth Cree, of 16, Sheppard Row, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Husband of Florence May Cree, of 19, Eldon Street, Newark. He was a brewer’s labourer prior to enlisting in May 1916 at Newark. He was killed in action, 1st August 1917, whilst holding “the Black Line” against German counterattacks near Westhoek, Belgium.

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

Private John Thomas Cree is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Borough Of Newark Roll of Honour, Newark Nottinghamshire.
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.