Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookhrough the great privations we have been through out here your son has always been one of the most willing, capable and cheerful members of my platoon, and I feel his loss as a friend, and his death is greatly felt throughout the regiment. He was a splendid soldier;" and a comrade: "All we in his section had learnt to understand and appreciate a kind heart and an indomitable spirit such as his. His cheerful voice and bright manner, how shall we get on without them, where cheerfulness and fortitude are so dearly needed?" He played Rugby football for the H.A.C., and represented them in boxing against the Cambridge University in 1913. [Illustration: =Alan Drysdale Paull.=] =PAVEY, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9373), S.S. 106584, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PAVITT, STEPHEN ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1010, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =PAVLOSKY, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4387), 194223, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PAYNE, ALBERT JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27539 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =PAYNE, ARTHUR JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9552), 207907, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PAYNE, ERNEST ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1820), 290191, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =PAYNE, JOHN HENRY=, A.B. 214259, H.M S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =PAYNE, CHARLES GERAINT CHRISTOPHER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., only _s._ of Charles Henry Payne, of Brentor, Hereford, Manager of Lloyd's Bank, Ltd., there, by his wife, Edith McKenna, dau. of William Evans Commins; _b._ Shifnal, co. Salop, 23 April, 1888; educ. Ludlow and Monmouth (1897-1905 Exhibitioner) Grammar Schools, and on leaving there was articled to his uncle, Mr. Alexander Payne, a London Architect, and had just started on his own account in the Metropolis when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He immediately joined the Artists' Rifles; proceeded to France with them in the autumn of 1914; passed through the special training school for officers at the front, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., 27 Jan. 1915, being posted to the Highland L.I., subsequently joining the 1st Battn. about 18 Feb. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March following, and was buried behind the trenches there; _unm._ He was a strong swimmer and keen boating man; was also an excellent 'cellist, and a member of the Hampstead Orchestral Society. =PAYNE, JOHN JAMES=, Corpl., No. 2245, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., eldest _s._ of Emily Payne (Gravel Pit Cottage, Rogate, near Petersfield, co. Hants), yst. dau. of John Payne; _b._ Liss, co. Hants, 11 Oct. 1882; enlisted Royal Army Medical Corps, 24 Nov. 1899, and served throughout the South African War, 1899-1902 (Queen's medal with three clasps, and King's medal with two clasps); re-enlisted in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Royal Sussex, as Corpl. Sept. 1908 then a Reservist, and served until 1909, when he purchased his discharge; joined the 2nd Battn. 15 Aug. 1914; left for France, Nov. 1914; and was killed in action at Richebourg l'Avoué, 9 May, 1915. The Quartermaster-Sergt. of his company wrote that he was struck in the head by a bullet, death being instantaneous, and added, "I can say that your son was a hard-working and zealous soldier and was esteemed by us all, who sadly miss him." He _m._ at Rogate, Sussex, 9 Jan. 1905, Lydia Jane, dau. of Charles William Locke, late of Liss, and had two children: Albert, _b._ 13 June, 1907; and Emily, _b._ 14 June, 1905. [Illustration: =John James Payne.=] =PAYTON, CHARLES MERVYN=, Lieut. 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., only _s._ of Sir Charles Payton, of Stepney Court, Scarborough, M.V.O., late British Consul-General at Calais, by his 1st wife, Eliza Mary, dau. of the late John Olive; _b._ Mogador, Morocco, 5 Dec. 1891; educ. Dover College, and on leaving there in 1909, became a Clerk under his father in the British Consulate at Calais; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve Battn. of the Royal West Kent Regt., 1910, and promoted Lieut. 6 Sept. 1911; left the Army in 1912 to go to Singapore, where he held a post on a rubber plantation, but in the following year was appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office, which appointment he gave up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; returned home and rejoined his old Regt., was on special duty in England for some time; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 18 April following. He was leading his men in the attack on Hill 60 and had picked up the rifle of a fallen soldier, and was firing at the enemy when he was shot through the head. His Commanding Officer wrote that he had done very good work, and "shown himself to be a brave man and a good leader," and a Sergt. of his Coy. wrote of him as "one of the best and truest, more like a brother to the men than an officer, cheering in the blackest times by his brave gaiety, and mourned by them as a brother." Lieut. Payton was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen sportsman, a remarkably good shot and expert angler. =PEACOCK, EDWARD DANIEL=, Leading Carpenter's Crew, 345947, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PEACE, HUBERT KIRKBY=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Hugh Kirkby Peace, of Springfield House, Sheffield, Steel Manufacturer, by his wife, Emmeline (Sandygate, Sheffield), dau. of James Fawcett; _b._ Sheffield, 16 Oct. 1881; educ. Rugby; became Managing Director of his father's firm, W. K. & C. Peace, File Manufacturers, Feb. 1906; joined the 1st Volunteer Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (Doncaster Militia), afterwards the 4th (Hallamshire) Battn., and served 10 years retiring in May, 1913, but, after the outbreak of war, was given a commission in 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. as Lieut. 4 Sept. 1914, and went to France attd. to the 1st Lincolnshire Regt., on 3 Oct. 1914; and died in hospital at Aubers, on the morning of 17 Oct., of wounds received in action near Lille, the previous day. Buried there. He had gone to the rear to hurry up supports, and he succeeded in getting them, but as he was returning he was wounded in the neck by a shot fired from a farm which it was supposed had been cleared by the French. A wounded soldier in Leeds Base Hospital, belonging to the Coldstream Guards said: "He died fighting to the last in trying to save his platoon from being cut to pieces, and many will never be able to give full praise and admiration for so gallant a deed." He _m._ at St. Le |