LINEKER

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Mr. H. Lineker, formerly of Balance Street, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire			3a	2
Position in the family	Brother, Lionel, also served	Yes			2
Where born	Thrapston, Northamptonshire		Yes		2
When born	About 1896				5
Address	Uttoxeter		Yes
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up
Where enlisted	Leicester		Yes		2
Regiment	Leicestershire Regiment	Yes	Yes	3a	2
Unit	8^th Bn.	Yes	Yes
Unit	8^th (S) Bn.			3a	2
Rank	Lance Corporal	Yes	Yes	3a	2
Service Number	13038	Yes	Yes		2
Date of Death	15^th July 1916	Yes	Yes		2
Age at time of death	22	Yes
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders		Yes
How he died	Killed in Action		Yes
Location of Grave or Memorial	Thiepval Memorial – Pier and Face 2.C. or 3.A.	Yes
Awards

On 23^rd August 1916 it was reported in the Uttoxeter Advertiser that Cecil had been wounded in the recent fighting in France^[3a].This will, of course, have been during the battle of the Somme. Unfortunately, he had already been dead for nearly a month by the time this report came out.