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Rifleman DOUGLAS WILFRED GRETTON

Service Number: 390415
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE

Sp. Mem. A. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Edward and Minnie Gretton, of "St. Omer," Herschell Rd., Leigh-on-Sea. Born at Goodmayes, Essex. His brother Horace Edward Gretton also fell.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1356
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