Private 2528 Richard PAYNE

Private 2528 Richard Payne{gallery}Pte R Payne{/gallery}2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 8th May 1915, aged 21

• Commemorated: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Somme, France
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Harry Alfred Payne of The Plough Inn, Shustoke
• NNWFHS Memorial: Minworth
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Payne
• NNWFHS Minworth War Memorial Page
• Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
• King’s Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1894 at Oxford
• Enlisted at Lancaster