Thank you to Wendy Shuttleworth for the following research.
Stanley Richard Withall was born in January 1892 in Oxted in Surrey to Mary Ann and James Withall.
In 1901 he was living at Sawdust Green, Dorking with his parents and siblings William, Hilda, Harry, Albert and Edith.
By 1911, his father James had died. The rest of the family were still living at Sawdust Farm. Stanley worked as a carter on the Deepdene Estate.
Stanley married Elizabeth Ellen Taylor on 10th January 1915 at St. Martin’s Church, Dorking.
PTE. S. R. WITHALL
(The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.)
Mrs. Withall, of 13 St. Martin’s Place, Dorking, has received official intimation of the death of her husband, Pte. Stanley Richard Withall, the Queen’s. He joined the Army in January 1915, and went out to France in the following June. His last home leave was seven months ago. He had been through most of the severe fighting of the last two years, and in a recent letter, following a big engagement, he wrote that he had come out of it “as usual all right.” His company commander in sending his sympathy to Mrs. Withall says “We had to attack a German strong point, and it proved rather a difficult job. Your husband was wounded in both legs, and lost a lot of blood. Owing to the place where he was lying being directly under the fire of a machine gun we were not able to get him in for an hour or so. He was taken down on a stretcher, but died at the field ambulance. It came as rather a shock, as we all thought he was all right. He was a very good soldier, and had recently gone through a special course of training in scouting, in which he did very well.” Pte. Withall was well known in Dorking. He was the son of James Withall of Sawdust Green, Tylehurst Lane, and before joining up was a carter on the Deepdene Estate, where his father and other members of the family had been employed for many years.
Stanley Withall Death Notice © Dorking Advertiser findmypast.co.uk
Stanley enlisted at Guildford and joined the 2nd Battalion of The Queen’s West Surrey Regiment and was sent to France. He died of his wounds on 12th April 1917 in France aged 28. He was buried at Ervillers Military Cemetery, France (A3).
| Born | Oxted, Surrey | |
| Lived | Dorking, Surrey | |
| Son of | Mary Ann and James Withall | |
| Husband of | Elizabeth Ellen Taylor | |
| Regiment | 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) | |
| Number | G/4668 | |
| Date of Death | 12th April 1917 | |
| Place of Death | France | |
| Cause of Death | Died of Wounds | |
| Age | 28 | |
| Cemetery | Ervilliers Military Cemetery, France |
