Private Eric Linnell
Army Number : 28108
Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at Northampton. Son of Hubert and Elizabeth Ann Linnell, of “Mandalay,” Park Road, Chilwell, Nottingham. Lived at Clumber House, Mapperley, Nottingham. He enlisted at Nottingham and was killed in action during the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt, Somme, France, 3rd September 1916, aged 19.
Buried: Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Plot 12 Row A, Grave 3.
Private Linnell is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.
Mapperley War Memorial, Mapperley, Nottingham.
