Name
John C Payne
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/05/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3401
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
III. F. 31.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Norton, Letchworth Town Memorial, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Parents lived at 24 Glebe Road. Compositor Arden Press
Wartime Service
Died 500 yds from his brother, but one year later
Additional Information
His brother A J Payne was also killed. John is mentioned in a very thorough biography for Jack Alfred Willmott by Paul Johnson, which appears in the website’s Archive section at: http://www.hertsatwar.co.uk/archives/hertfordshire-men-women-individuals-stories/jack-alfred-willmott-biography/
Acknowledgments
Dan Hill, Ellen Barnes, Jonty Wild
