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
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Little Wymondley Hatfield Town Memorial, Hatfield In Memoriam Book, St Luke's Church Memorial, Bishops Hatfield
Pre War
James was born in 1892, in Little Wymondley. He resided in Roe Green in Hatfield.
We believe that we have identified the correct man, however there is some doubt because the Hatfield War Memorial and the Memoriam Book both record this man as being in the Royal Berkshire Regiment and not the Rifle Brigade as with the man identified. However, the Soldiers Died in The Great War tells us that S/3963 James Payne was born in Little Wymondley and lived in Hatfield (probably Roe Green) when he enlisted in Charing Cross, Middx. So this adds weight to our identification.
We would always welcome additional information to help further.
If we have the right man, then is seems likely that he is listed as Jim in the 1901 census and in the following family living in Little Wymondley
Parents John (49) and Mary Payne (47) and children: John (23), Arthur C (21), Thomas J (11), Edward (15), Mary E (12), David (10), Jim (7) and Fanny (4). John (father), John, Arthur C, Thomas and Edward were all working as agricultural labourers.
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.
1914/15 star, Victory Medal & British War Medal.
Additional Information
Hatfield Parish Council Souvenir Committee Ledger: An “In Memoriam & Roll of Honour Album” was ordered for the relatives/friends of James Payne; address given, formerly Roe Green
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne, Christine & Derek Martindale, Hatfield Local History Society (www.hatfieldhistory.uk)
