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Joseph Payne (1861-1918)


South Shields seaman served in the Royal Naval Reserve on HM Trawler Cleon


Joseph Payne was born in South Shields on 3 October 1861. His mother was local woman Eleanor Payne born in 1835. The 1871 census records Joseph and his brother Ralph living with his grandmother at 1 Pleasant Place, South Shields. It is believed he also had an older sister called Mary Ann. At the time of the 1881 census Joseph was working as a seaman aboard the vessel Cornucopia which was in port at Whitby, Yorkshire.

Joseph was a member of the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) and saw active service on the outbreak of war. He served as a deck hand in the RNR with the service number 9215. On 1 February 1918 he was on HM Trawler Cleon when it was sunk by a mine explosion in the Dover Straits off the coast of Folkestone. Joseph was one of 12 crew members lost. His body was not recovered for burial and he is honoured on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

Joseph Payne was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal for his service during the First World War.

Civil Parish: South Shields

Birth date: 03-Oct-1861

Death date: 01-Feb-1918

Armed force/civilian: Navy

Residence: 1 Pleasant Place, South Shields (1871 census)
SS Cornucopia, Whitby, Yorkshire (1881 census)

Employment: Seaman (1881 census)

Family: Parents: Eleanor Payne (1835)
Siblings: Mary Ann Payne (1855), Ralph Payne (1858)

Military service:

9215
Royal Naval Reserve
Deck hand
HM Trawler Cleon

Medal(s): 1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

Memorial(s): Chatham Naval Memorial

Gender: Male

Contributed by David D, Stanley, Co Durham

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