The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T E Payne

Private Thomas Edward PAYNE, L/9693, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 31st August 1915.

Born Anerley, Surrey, son of William and Elizabeth Payne, of 63, St. Hughs Road, Anerley, London.

1911 Census - 63, St. Hughs Road, Anerley, Surrey - William Payne, head, age 49, married, gardener, worker, born Godstone, Surrey; Eliza Payne, wife, age 47, married 28 years, 8 children, 6 still alive, born Teeton, Northamptonshire; Thomas Edward Payne, son, age 18, single, labour, born Anerley, Surrey; Charles Payne, son, age 13, born Anerley, Surrey; Hulbert Harold Payne, son, age 11, born Anerley, Surrey.

Enlisted Croydon, Surrey, age 17 years & 10 months, height 5ft 7½, weight 108lbs, brown eyes, dark brown hair, tattoo marks indistinct, both forearms.. Formerly labourer. Home 13th February 1909 to 5th September 1911. 13th February 1909, enlisted & posted 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, The Queens 3rd Royal West Surrey Regiment, Service No5101; 1909/1910/1911 present at Annual Training; 5th September 1911, discharged having joined Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted Penge, SE, age 20 years & 5 months, height 5ft 11½ inches, weight 132lbs, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, scar middle of nose, two scars left shin. Formerly window cleaner.

Home, 6th September 1911 to 18th December 1912; India, 19th December 1912 to 31st January 1915; Indian Expeditionary Force "D", 1st February 1915 to 31st August 1915.

6th September 1911, enlisted & posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1911, Bordon, joined Battalion; 9th September 1912 to 17th September 1912, King George V Hospital, Dublin, gonorrhea, tested positive for syphilis; 18th September 1912 to 28th October 1912, King Georg V Hospital, Dublin, disease changed to syphilis; 6th December 1912, furlough; 19th December 1912, posted India, RMS Dufferin, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th December 1912, irregularity when on guard, 3 extra guards; 12th January 1913, Peshawar; 22nd May 1913, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 1st May 1913, Cherat; 30th August 1913, Cherat, hesitating to obey an order, 5 days confined to Barracks; 8th September 1913, passed Class of Instruction in Sanitation; 19th October 1913, Peshawar; 20th November 1913, Multan; 4th November 1914, Multan, absent when mess orderly, 5 days confined to Barracks; 26th November 1914 to 7th December 1914, Nasirabad, malaria; 14th February 1915, Nasiriyah, making an improper remark with reference an officer, 7 days confined to Barracks; 10th July 1915, SS. Medgerich, improper conduct whilst on sentry, 2 extra guards; 19th August 1915, No.3. Field Ambulance, Nasiriyah hospital, dysentery; 29th August 1915, 4.10pm, telegram, dangerously ill, inform relatives; 31st August 1915, died in Hospital.

3rd June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Payne, deceased; Mother, Eliza Payne, 63, St. Hughs Road, Anerley; Brothers - William Henry, age 36, 51 Ridsdale Road, Anerley; Arthur Valentine, age 29, 20 Alfred Road, South Norwood; Charles, age 21, 63, St. Hughs Road, Anerley; Albert Harold, age 18, Redhill Camp, Colchester; Sisters - Dorothy Winifred ????, age 27, 88 Ridsdale Road, Anerley.

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, III. P. 1., Iraq.

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