Harold George Payne

Harold George Payne

Service no. 2709

Rifleman, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), 6th Battalion

Killed in action on 25 September 1915, aged 20

CWGC: "Son of Charles Edwin and Lena Payne, of London."

Remembered at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, Pas de Calais, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Harold George Payne was a 15-year-old office boy in a draughtsman's office, sharing seven rooms at 9 Acanthus Road, Lavender Hill with his family. He was one of nine children of Charles Payne, 42, a fruiterer, born in Chelsea; Lena Payne, 42, from Westminster. The children on the census return are:

Lena Payne, 19, dressmaker, born in Westminster. Their nine children were:

Lena Payne, 19, dressmaker, born in Lambeth

Charles Payne, 17, clrk, born in Pimlico

Harold Payne, 17, office boy, born in Pimlico

Albert Payne, 13, born in Pilico

Ethel Payne, 11, born in Tooting

Violet Payne, 9, born in Battersea

Gladys Payne 7, born in Battersea

Doris Payne, 5 born in Battersea

Hilda Payne, 3, born in Battersea