Name
Walter Reginald Sanford Payne
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/10/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
41809
Royal Norfolk Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Plot S, Row II.M, Grave 8.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
St Albans Citizens Memorial,
Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans,
Fleetville Memorial (Hatfield Rd Cemetery), St Albans
Pre War
Son of Henry and Martha (nee SANFORD) PAYNE.
His parents married 1897 in the Brighton, Sussex, district. Henry died 28 February 1956 aged 80; Martha died 7 March 1964 aged 85; both in the St Alban’s, Herts, district.
Walter was born 1899 in Brighton, Sussex.
On the 1901 Census, aged 1 he lived in Brighton, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, a schoolboy and errand boy aged 11, he lived in St Alban’s, with his parents and three siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and died of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Walter’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
