Samuel Gretton
Service Number
18542
Military Unit
7th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
27 Jul 1917 (23 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Carlton Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
In 1911 Samuel was working as a lithographic assistant at a local printers.
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Family History
Samuel was born in 1894 the son of Robert and Elizabeth Gretton. Robert was a coal dealer and in 1901 the family with three children were living on Main Street East at Carlton. By 1911 they had moved to 5 Moor Street Netherfield.
Military History
Samuel first entered the war 11 September 1915 in the Balkans then went to France. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panels 35 and 7, he had been killed in action. He was eligible for the 1915 Star and the Victory and British medals
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