Name
(Bertie) Thomas Payne
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/05/1915
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
12969
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Panel 10 and 11.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, St John the Evangelist Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of Joseph and the late Dorcas (nee RUSSELL) PAYNE of Watford.
His parents married 31 July 1886 at St Andrew’s, Watford. Dorcas died 1901 in Watford aged 36, and was buried 6 February in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Joseph died 29 October 1944 in Watford aged 80, and was buried 2 November, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Thomas was born 14 December 1892 in Watford, and baptised 22 July 1893 at St Mary’s, Watford. He resided in Watford.
On the 1901 Census, aged 9 he lived in Watford, with his widowed father and three siblings. On the 1911 Census, a grocer’s assistant aged 18, he still lived in Watford, with his widowed father and one sibling.
Officially recorded as born, living and enlisted in Watford.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 17 March 1915, and was either killed in action or died of wounds received.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Thomas’ Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing. Has a entry in the National Roll of the Great War. Recorded as Thomas PAYNE on the St John's Memorial; and T PAYNE in the Borough Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
