PAYN, Edward Wiliam

Vis-en-Artois Memorial, FranceCredit: CWGC

Private
1st/15th Battalion Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles
London Regment

Edward was born 1881 in Newport to Edward Hopkins Fox & Blanche Emily (nee YELF) PAYN who were living at 4 Rose Hill Terrace in Newport around the time of Edward’s death. Previously the family had lived at 34 High Street in Newport.

Edward, aged 37, was listed Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 2nd of September 1918. His body was never found or identified & so Edward is commemorated by the Commission upon the Vis-en-Artois Memorial to The Missing in France together with 9,822 of his First World War comrades.

Edward is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.