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Cpl. William Payne
British Army 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Hairston, Cambs
William Payne was one of at least eight sons of Albert Edward and Anne Payne of Shepreth, Cambs. He joined the 11th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment in 1914 and served throughout WWI with the Cambs Suffolk’s until 1917 when he was wounded and discharged. William Payne survived the war, had a number of his own children. In his latter years he was a water keeper on the tributaries of the River Camb, eventually passing away in 1963 in Haslingfield.
