William Henry Payne
- Family History
- Military history
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Son of Lilian Martha Payne, and stepson of Ernest Worley, of East Kirkby.
Enlisted for deferred service at a combined Recruitment Centre, joined after 1941.
Circumstances of death : lost in aircraft : Flying Fortress 11A : Tail Number : FL455 of 519 Squadron, Coastal Command, Royal Air Force.
Other crew lost in aircraft : Service number : 823242, Sergeant Alexander Purdie Beatson (Radio Operator), 1234239, Flight Sergeant, Kenneth Anthony Ian Day (Wireless Operator), 1384480, FlightSergeant, Geoffrey Arthur Francis Panzer (Wireless Operator),1640545, Sergeant, Edwin Arthur Wood, (Navigator).
Buried : Kingsway New Cemetery, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Grave reference : Section A : Row AH : Grave 4201.
Commemorated on the Kirkby In Ashfield Cenotaph, Kingsway, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire as Payne W.H. Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force.
Personal Inscription reads : "The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away, thy will be done, duty nobly done".
Photo of William Henry Payne
Photograph of Flight Sergeant, William Henry Payne's headstone in Kingsway (New) Cemetery, Kingsway, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 11th December 2021.