| Surname: | Payne |
| Initials: | L W |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7691188 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in to CMP. Info from Army Record:- Born 8/12/12, enlisted 4/6/41, discharged 30/5/46, married Ethel Mary Durn 14/8/37 at the P C Rothwell, Northants, occupation boot & shoe hand clicker, address 38 Jubilee Street, Bathwell, Kettering, Northants. Served Home 4/6/41 to 26/6/41, deferred Home 27/6/41 to 28/10/.41, Middle East 29/10/41 to 20/9/43, Home 11/9/43 to 3/11/45, Middle East 4/44/45 to 23/5/46, Home 24/5/46 to 18/8/46, Z(T) Res. 19/8/465 to 9/2/54, AG Res. 10/2/54 to 18/12/57. Awarded the Africa Star (with 8 Army clasp). With 204 Pro Coy 22/2/42, to 156 Pro Coy, 18/11/44 to 155 HQ Pro Coy, then 154 HQ Pro Coy, 27/6/45, 24/11/45 to 201 Pro Coy. Leslie William Payne. |