Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Private William Thomas Stanley was born on 9 April 1892 in Marylebone, a son of Joseph Thomas Stanley and Amy Caroline Stanley née Holden. His father was a Post Office Sorter. He was baptised on 29 May 1892 at St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Marylebone and the family were living at 66 Seymour Buildings, Seymour Place, Marylebone. The 1901 census shows them at 19 Knox Street, Marylebone. In June 1910 he was appointed as an Assistant Postman in the West London Postal Region. The 1911 census shows him living with his widowed mother at 19 Knox Street and gives his occupation as a Tube Attendant, Post Office.
On 27 August 1911 he married Eva Maud Ethel Morris at St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square and they are shown living at 11 Knox Street, Marylebone. In June 1912 he was appointed as a Postman in the Western District Office and on 4 July 1912 their daughter Violet Maud Stanley was born and when she was baptised on 4 August 1912 the family were living at 4 Sovereign Mews, Marylebone. He joined the 1st/8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), Service number 1901. This number would indicate he joined in August 1914, on the outbreak of World War One. He was allocated the service number 370364 when troops were renumbered later in the war.
He was killed in action, aged 24 years, on 7 October 1916 and is buried in Grave VI.C.10 in the Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. His widow, who by now was living at 6 Molyneux Street, Edgware Road, W.1., received his effects totalling £4-9s-3d on 3 October 1917 and a war gratuity of £9-10s-0d on 30 August 1919. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal.
