Name
Joseph Alfred Payne
1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/05/1915
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3405
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Panel 47.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Norton, Letchworth Town Memorial, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Joseph Alfred Payne was born in 1894 in Forest Gate, London to Joseph Payne, carpenter, and Mary (nee Butler).
On the 1901 Census the family of parents, Mary (born 1893), Alfred, John C (born 1896), Cyril (born 1900) together with Annie Butler (sister of Mary, born 1877, kitchen maid) were living at 23, St Georges Avenue, West Ham, Middx.
On the 1911 Census the family of parents, Alfred (compositor), John (print machine minder), Cyril, Maurice (born 1902), Leo (born 1906), Hugh (born 1908) and Bernard (born 1910) were living at 24, Glebe Road, Letchworth.
Wartime Service
Alfred enlisted in the Hertfordshire Regiment at Hertford around Sep/Oct 1914 as Private 3405 and following training was posted to 1st/1st Battalion of the Regiment and Joined them on 16 Feb 1915. The Battalion had gone to France on 6 Nov 1914 to join 4th( Guards) Brigade in 2 Division at Ypres taking their turn in Trench Duties.
In 1915 the Battalion took part in the Battle of Festubert (15-25 May) where they were in support of the Guards (Irish and Grenadiers) in their attack on 18 May. Alfred was killed in this action of the 18th. His remains were not recovered and he is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £3 and arrears of £4 17s 7d was paid to his father Joseph.
His brother John also served as private 3501 Herts Regiment and was killed in action on 26 May 1916. Both Brothers were employed at the Arden Press.
Norton Memorial says J A Payne Letchworth Memorial says A J Payne. RoH has only A J Payne.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Dan Hill, Ellen Barnes, Jonty Wild
