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Private A Withnall

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Private Albert WITHNALL, G/31615, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 36437, Border Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd August 1918, age 18.

Born Bardsley, Lancashire, son of Albert and Mary Elizabeth Withnall, of Knott Lanes, Bardsley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.

1911 Census - Knott Lanes, Bardsley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire - Albert Withnall, head, age 41, married, coal miner, hewer, worker, born Lanes, Bardsley; Mary Elizabeth Withnall, wife, age 39, married 15 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Bradford, Lancashire; Albert Withnall, son, age 11, school, born Lanes, Bardsley; June Withnall, step daughter, age 17, single, card room hand, cotton mill, worker, born Oldham, Lancashire; Ann Withnall, daughter, age 15, single, card room hand, cotton mill, worker, born Lanes, Bardsley; Lena Withnall, daughter, age 13, card room hand, cotton mill, worker, born Lanes, Bardsley; Clara Withnall, daughter, age 8, school, born Lanes, Bardsley; Lucy Withnall, daughter, age 8 months, born Lanes, Bardsley.

Enlisted Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.

Buried at Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, II. C. 17., Somme, France. Commemorated Bardsley War Memorial.