Name
James Payne
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/07/1916
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant.
S/3963
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
13th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 16B and 16E.
France
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Little Wymondley
Hatfield War Memorial, Old Town Hatfield
Memorial Board inside, St Luke’s Church, Hatfield.
Pre War
James was born in 1892, in Little Wymondley. He resided in Roe Green in Hatfield.
Wartime Service
James enlisted in Charing Cross, London; he was posted to the Rifle Brigade with the service number S/3963. His medal card records he left for France on the 29th July 1915. James was Killed in Action on the 10th July 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing in France.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne