The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Payne

Private William Henry PAYNE, S/1012, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 18th April 1915, age 26.

11th May 1890, born Wandsworth, Surrey, son of John and Charlotte Payne, of 11, Robert Street, Gravesend, Kent.

Children - Henry George Errington, born 25th October 1906, (changed to 21st March 1906 on Pension Records), Gravesend, Kent; Florence May Errington, born 25th May 1910, (changed to 12th May 1910 on Pension Records), Gravesend, Kent.

1911 Census - Gravesend & Milton, Union Workhouse, 10 Trafalgar Road, Gravesend, Kent - Alice Errington, inmate, age 24, single, general domestic servant, born Gravesend, Kent; Henry Errington, child of, born Gravesend, Kent; Florence May Errington, child of, born Gravesend, Kent.

20th June 1912, Register Office, Gravesend, Kent, William Henry Payne, married Alice Errington.

Children - William John Payne, born 25th May 1913, Gravesend, Kent.

Formerly served in 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment and Royal West Kent Regiment Militia.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 24 years & 141 days, height 5ft 2 inches, weight 108lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, tattoo both arms & chest. Resided 53 Minerva Cotts, Denton, Gravesend, Kent / 21, Parrock Street, Gravesend, Kent / 83 Peacock Street, Gravesend, Kent. Formerly fisherman.

Home, 28th September 1914 to 26th December 1914; BEF, 27th December 1914 to 18th April 1915.

28th September 1914, enlisted; 29th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th October 1914, Fort Darland, absent from Tattoo until 5.45pm 11th October 1914, 168 hours detention, forfeits 2 days pay; 28th November 1914, Kynocxhtown?, absent from 11.00pm till 5.00pm 2nd December 1914, 10 days confined to Barracks, deprived of 5 days pay, forfeits 4 days pay; 27th December 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

1st November 1915, pension awarded of 20/6 a week for widow and three children.

1919, September Quarter, Gravesend Registration District, Alice Payne married Dennis Burke.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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