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Sudbury, Suffolk [3]

Berwick upon Tweed [1]

Burton on Trent, Derbyshire [1]

East Maitland New South Wales [1]

Granville Jersey [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Putney, London [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

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Private [21]

Gunner [5]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Driver [1]

Driver Saddler [1]

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Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private (Shoeing Smith) [1]

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Serjeant [1]

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Transport Serjeant [1]

Worker [1]

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Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Engineers [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Hussars [2]

London Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

14th (Kings) Hussars [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Fire Command [1]

First Signals Light Horse [1]

General Hospital [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Harvard Unit Nursing Staff [1]

Indian Ordnance Department [1]

Infantry, 1st Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry Attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [42]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

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P [63]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [62]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [64] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sudbury, Suffolk [3] Berwick upon Tweed [1] Burton on Trent, Derbyshire [1] East Maitland New South Wales [1] Granville Jersey [1] London, Middlesex [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Putney, London [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [21] Gunner [5] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Driver [1] Driver Saddler [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private (Shoeing Smith) [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Engineers [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Hussars [2] London Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] 14th (Kings) Hussars [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Essex Regiment [1] Fire Command [1] First Signals Light Horse [1] General Hospital [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Harvard Unit Nursing Staff [1] Indian Ordnance Department [1] Infantry, 1st Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Shropshire Light Infantry Attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Wellington Infantry Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [42] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [63] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [62] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Henry James Elgar Payn

Born 1896

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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James William Payn

Born 1881

Canadian Expeditionary Force 504643

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William George Payn

Born 1882

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2140608

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Arthur James Payn

Born 1892

Royal Navy F10665

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Cecil Walter Payn

Born 1894

Royal Navy K18632

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Thomas Ernest Payn

Born 1883

Royal Navy 345975

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Philip William Payn

Born 1892

Royal Navy 6/1981 Royal Naval Division

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Harold Payn

British Army 6185 Serjeant Hussars

British Army 535980 Staff Serjeant Hussars

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Walter H Payn

British Army M/346857 Private Army Service Corps

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Walter E Payn

British Army 206226 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Walter G Payn

British Army 41317 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Edward T Payn

British Army 038661 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Herbert C Payn

British Army 60141 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Bertie Payn

British Army T/22901 Driver Saddler Army Service Corps

British Army T/22901 Transport Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Thomas Payn

British Army 185154 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles H D Payn

British Army 210465 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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David Elgar Payn

British Army Captain and Adjutant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain and Adjutant Indian Ordnance Department

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Colin W Payn

British Army 19/101 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Barett Payn

British Army 2677 Private City of London Yeomanry

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Harry Payn

British Army 159775 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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