Name
Francis William (poss F C) Payne
1892
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/12/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
242138
Gloucestershire Regiment
2nd/5th Bn
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
V. D. 16.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Bishop's Stortford, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Francis William Payne was born in Bishop's Stortford in 1892 to Francis Williams and Sarah Payne and baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Bishop's Stortford on 25 September 1892.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Bartholomew Road, Bishop's Stortford, and his father was working as a labourer for the Urban District Council. On the 1911 Census he was living with his mother and siblings at 10 Middle Row, Bishop's Stortford and he was working as a Labourer in a nursery. His father was not at home.
Wartime Service
He originally enlisted into the 1st Hertfordshire Regiment 2067 but later transferred into the Gloucester Regiment. He died of wounds received in action.
He also served in the Gloucester Regiment under service no. 5935.
Additional Information
His mother Sarah received a war gratuity of £15 and pay owing of £10 11s 3d. Original documentation shows the correct initials of F W, but these were later changed to F C in red pen
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
