The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A G Payne

Photograph by "Digger"

Private Arthur George PAYNE, G/20844, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, posted to 1st / 20th Battalion, London Regiment, died of wounds, 55 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 7th September 1918.

Born Faversham, Kent, son of Arthur George & Deborah Mary Payne.

1911 Census - 41 Pelton Road, East Greenwich, London E - Arthur George Payne, head, age 35, married, gas stoker, born Oare, Faversham; Deborah Mary Payne, wife, age 34, married 12 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Rainham, Kent; Arthur George Payne, son, age 11, born Brents, Faversham; Albert Edward Payne, son, age 9, born Brents, Faversham; Ethel Payne, daughter, age 5, born Davington, Faversham; Frank William Payne, son, age 2, born Greenwich, London E1; William Payne, son, age 1, born Greenwich, London E1; Frank Sidney Wills, boarder, age 24, single, gas stoker, born Davington, Faversham.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 18 years & 30 days, height 5ft 7¼ inches. Resided 41 Pelton Road, East Greenwich, London E. Formerly general labourer / candle maker.

Home 2nd March 1916 to 30th March 1918; BEF 31st March 1918 to 7th September 1918.

Allotment of pay of 6d a day to Mother.

Deemed to have enlisted 2nd March 1916; 18th July 1917, called up for service & posted Aldershot, 97th Training Reserve Battalion, TR/10/8394; 7th December 1917, Tunbridge Wells, transferred to 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal Sussex, Regiment, Service No.25100; 8th December 1917 to 15th December 1917, Brigade, Tunbridge Wells, scabies; 31st March 1918, embarked; 1st April 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex, Regiment; 3rd April 1918, "J" Depot, transferred to 1st / 20th Battalion, London Regiment; 9th April 1918, joined 1st / 20th Battalion, London Regiment, In the Field; 23rd July 1918, 6 L Field Ambulance, Influenza; 28th July 1918, rejoined 1st / 20th Battalion, London Regiment, In the Field.

17th March 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 10/7 a week payable to mother will cease.

13th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Arthur George Payne, 41 Pelton Road, Greenwich, SE10; Mother, Deborah Mary Payne, 41 Pelton Road, Greenwich, SE10; Brothers - Albert Edward Payne, age 18, 41 Pelton Road, Greenwich, SE10; Frank William Payne, age 10, 41 Pelton Road, Greenwich, SE10; Sisters - Ethel Payne, age 14, 41 Pelton Road, Greenwich, SE10; Nellie Payne, age 6, 41 Pelton Road, Greenwich, SE10.

Buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, VIII. E. 10., France.

NOTE: not included in QORWKR Regimental History but included in Soldiers Died in the Great War, London Regiment.

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