In Memory Of

PAYNE, ARTHUR ROYLE

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1891-04-25
Service No:
 6618
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XXXIV. L. 2.
Cemetery:
 SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Arthur Royle and Amelia Elizabeth Payne, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Born Pietermaritzburg. Educated Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg. A bank clerk. Served in Orange Free State (1914), German South-West Africa and Egypt. Commemorated on Ermelo War Memorial, Mpumalanga. Commemorated on Maritzburg College cenotaph. Commemorated on St. Saviour's Anglican Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg WWI Memorial scroll in St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, Pietermaritzburg.