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