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'''Ralph Stuart "the Baby" Payton''' ([[1894]] [[22 July]] [[1916]]) was a friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and a member of the [[T.C.B.S.]], along with his older brother [[Wilfrid Payton|Wilfrid]]. A few years minor of the core members, Payton (and [[Sidney Barrowclough]]) continued the T.C.B.S. after the "Great Four" left [[King Edward's School]].  
'''Ralph Stuart "the Baby" Payton''' ([[1894]] - [[22 July]] [[1916]]) was a friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and a member of the [[T.C.B.S.]], along with his older brother [[Wilfrid Payton|Wilfrid]]. A few years minor of the core members, Payton (and [[Sidney Barrowclough]]) continued the T.C.B.S. after the "Great Four" left [[King Edward's School]].  


Like most of the Barrovians, Payton went to the [[Cambridge|University of Cambridge]]. He did not stay long; convinced by the military lectures, he joined the 1st Birmingham Batallion, the same unit as [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley|Tea Cake Barnsley]], in late [[1914]]. Payton fought in the [[Battle of the Somme]], and were engaged south-east of [[wikipedia:Ovillers-la-Boisselle|La Boiselle]]. On [[22 July]] [[1916]], he was killed in action.<ref>[[John Garth]] ([[2003]]), ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'', passim.</ref> His body was never identified, and his name is inscribed on the [[wikipedia:Thiepval Memorial|Thiepval Memorial]].<ref name="Gilbert">Martin Gilbert, ''[http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=716&pageid=23&pagename=Arts What Tolkien Taught Me about the Battle of the Somme]'', [http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/ The Cutting Edge], accessed [[23 July]], [[2011]]</ref>
Like most of the Barrovians, Payton went to the [[Cambridge|University of Cambridge]]. He did not stay long; convinced by the military lectures, he joined the 1st Birmingham Batallion, the same unit as [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley|Tea Cake Barnsley]], in late [[1914]]. Payton fought in the [[Battle of the Somme]], and were engaged south-east of [[wikipedia:Ovillers-la-Boisselle|La Boiselle]]. On [[22 July]] [[1916]], he was killed in action.<ref>[[John Garth]] ([[2003]]), ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'', passim.</ref> His body was never identified, and his name is inscribed on the [[wikipedia:Thiepval Memorial|Thiepval Memorial]].<ref name="Gilbert">Martin Gilbert, ''[http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=716&pageid=23&pagename=Arts What Tolkien Taught Me about the Battle of the Somme]'', [http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/ The Cutting Edge], accessed [[23 July]], [[2011]]</ref>

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Ralph Stuart "the Baby" Payton (1894 - 22 July 1916) was a friend of J.R.R. Tolkien and a member of the T.C.B.S., along with his older brother Wilfrid. A few years minor of the core members, Payton (and Sidney Barrowclough) continued the T.C.B.S. after the "Great Four" left King Edward's School.

Like most of the Barrovians, Payton went to the University of Cambridge. He did not stay long; convinced by the military lectures, he joined the 1st Birmingham Batallion, the same unit as Tea Cake Barnsley, in late 1914. Payton fought in the Battle of the Somme, and were engaged south-east of La Boiselle. On 22 July 1916, he was killed in action.[1] His body was never identified, and his name is inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]

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