Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Country: Belgium
Area: West-Vlaanderen
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: 3rd Bn. attd. "A" Coy. 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Country of Service: British
Details: Mentioned in Despatches Killed in action at Hill 60 18-Apr-1915 Aged 23 Son of Sir Charles A. Payton, M.V.O. (retired Consul-General, Calais), of 12, Falsgrove Rd., Scarborough, and the late Lady Payton (nee Eliza Mary Olive). A Reserve Officer of the Royal West Kent Regt., he left a Government post at Singapore to rejoin at the outbreak of war. Panel 45 and 47.
Photograph by TWGPP Volunteers