Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C. (5), G.V.R., 1st issue (SS.108644 Ch.B.10634 P. L. Jenkins, Sto. 1, R.F.R.); another, G.V.R., 2nd issue (J.67437 (Ch.B.21504) J. H. Gardiner, A.B., R.F.R.; SS.11823 (Ch.B.19857) A. E. G. Finch, A.B., R.F.R.; SS.10934 (Ch.B.19636) W. A. Leete, A.B., R.F.R.; Ch.22929 (Ch.B.3392)W. E. Payne, Mne., R.F.R.) good very fine (5) £120-160

Walter Edward Payne, Royal Marines, was killed when the S.S. Manipur was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine while in convoy off Cape Wrath on 17 July 1940, aged 37 years. His name is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. He was the son of Walter Edward and Ellen Payne, and husband of Lilian Payne, of Ramsgate, Kent.