Private George Payne, 241238
- Batt - 1/5
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 05/04/1918
- Age - 24
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Timothy and Mary Ann Payne. His younger brother Timothy also fell fifteen days before him. The War Diary for today records. HILL 70 RIGHT. At 3.00am gas discharged from projectors. Enemy retaliated instinctively on our reserve line. No damage done. Weather better. New scheme of defence put into operation our positions for all Coy’s selected in reserve line. At 9.00pm C Coy relieved B Coy, D Coy relieved A Coy. At 9.25pm enemy suddenly opened intense bombardment on right Coy front, at the same time throwing up lights. Box barrage on our reserve line NESTOR and NETLEY ALLEYS. S.O.S. sent to group ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY with good results. Our artillery gave very effective reply and silenced the enemy by 9.45pm. Enemy’s shooting was on the whole poor and no casualties were caused.
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - V B 12, Bully-grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Bully-grenay Com. Cem., British Ext., France
- Enlisted - Hinckley, Leics
- Place of Residence - 148 Queen's Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - HINCKLEY MEM., LEICS
