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Private ERNEST EDWIN PAYNE

Service Number: 6286788
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NOIRMOUTIER-EN-L'ILE (L'HERBAUDIERE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row A. Grave 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Gordon and Mary Martha Maud Payne, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription WITHOUT FAREWELL HE FELL ASLEEP WITH ONLY A MEMORY FOR US TO KEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

NOIRMOUTIER-EN-L'ILE (L'HERBAUDIERE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vendee France
Number of casualties: 40
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