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Serjeant ROBERT EAST PAYNE

Service Number: 4517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Date of Death

Died 07 January 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. D. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Payne, of London; husband of Lizzie May Payne, of 21, Victoria St., Windermere, Westmorland. Served with 17th Lancers from Jan. 1898 to Jan 1916.
  • Personal Inscription WE CANNOT LORD THY PURPOSE SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE (L.M.P)
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