The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal E F Payne

Lance Corporal Edward Francis PAYNE, L/7948, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 11th March 1916.

Born Paddington, Middlesex, son of Edward Payne.

1911 Census - 15 Beethoven Street, Kilburn Lane, London W - Abraham Kingsley, head, age 53, married, house painter, builder, worker, born Durham, Sunderland; Annie Kingsley, wife, age 48, married 28 years, 5 children, born Durham, Sunderland; *Jane Kingsley, daughter, age 27, single, book folder, printers, worker, born Paddington, London; Percy Kingsley, son, age 20, single, cooks assistant, Great Central Railway, worker, born Paddington, London; Fred Kingsley, son, age 15., single, cooks assistant, Great Western Railway, born Paddington, London; #Ethel Kingsley, daughter, age 2, born Paddington, London.

Children - #Ethel Kingsley Payne, born 31st May 1908;

26th July 1914, St Judes Church, Kensal Green, Edward Francis Payne, age 29, bachelor, carman, 120 Third Avenue, father Edward Payne, labourer, married *Jane Kingsley, age 29, spinster, 187 Bavington Road, father Abraham Kingsley, painter.

Edith Florence Payne, born 14th April 1915; 11th July 1915, St Mary, Kilburn, baptism of Edith Florence Payne, daughter of Edward Francis & Jane Payne, 39 Kingsgate Road.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent.

Commemorated at Basra Memorial, Panel 29, Iraq.

Note - CWGC web site & Soldiers Died in the Great War show first names as Edward Thomas; Medal Card shows Edward F; Pension Ledger shows Edward Francis; Register of Soldiers effects shows Edward Francis.

This page was last updated on 23-Mar-2021.