11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.

Awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 23 August 1916.

Payne was a native of Burnley, Lancashire.

The Burnley Express of the 30 September 1916 reported, MILITARY MEDAL FOR NATIONAL RESERVIST.

The Burnley News of 6 March 1918 reported: - A NOBLE DEED. BURNLEY SERGEANT'S HEROISM.