2nd Lieutenant Charles Garnet Withers
| Date of Birth | c1890 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 26 |
| Date of Death | 03/07/1916 |
| Service Number | |
| Military Service | South Lancashire Regiment 9th Bn att 2nd Bn |
| Merton Address | 9 Inglemere, Tooting Junction, Mitcham |
| Local Memorial | Mitcham War Memorial |
Additional Information
Charles Garnet was the sixth child of Mary Ann Smith and Alfred Withers; he was born in January 1890 in Balham. Charles was baptised on the1st July 1890 at St Stephen Church in Clapham Park, the Withers family lived at Penshurst Lodge in Balham Hill. His father Alfred describes himself as a Gentleman, according to the baptismal records. His parents had met and married in Upper Chelsea on the 26th of August 1870. Charles eldest sister, 21-year-old Marian died in June of 1893.
The 1901 Census reveals that Charles’s father Alfred was a retired money lender, and that the Withers family resided at 9 Inglemere at Tooting Junction with their 7 children and their 2 servants.
At the time of the 1911 Census, the Withers family had continued to live at Inglemere, Tooting Junction which has been described as a 12-room house. Marian and Alfred had been married for 40 years and the couple had a total of 12 children who had been born alive with only Marian dying in 1893 at the age of 21 years. Alfred describes himself as having independent means. Twenty-year-old Charles was employed as an articled clerk.
Charles continued to live in the family home at Inglemere according to the electoral register until 1915.
Charles’s service record is not available through Ancestry. Charles enlisted in the 9th battalion South Lancashire Regiment and later was attached to the 2nd battalion. He was killed in action on the 3rd of July 1916 and was buried at Connaught Cemetery in Thiepval.