Name
Walter Reginald Sanford Payne
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/10/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
41809
Norfolk Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
S. II. M. 8
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
St Albans Citizens Memorial,
Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans,
Fleetville Memorial (Hatfield Rd Cemetery), St Albans
Pre War
Son of Henry and Martha (nee SANFORD) PAYNE.
His parents married 1897 in the Brighton, Sussex, district. Henry died 28 February 1956 aged 80; Martha died 7 March 1964 aged 85; both in the St Albans, Herts, district.
Walter was born 1899 in Brighton, Sussex.
On the 1901 Census, aged 1 he lived in Brighton, with his parents and one sibling. Â On the 1911 Census, a schoolboy and errand boy aged 11, he lived in St Albans, with his parents and three siblings.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War (SDITGW) database records that he was born in Brighton, Sussex and enlisted in Watford.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and died of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Walter's Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes, Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
