John Victor Mizen
Memorial: Wick - Wick Tabernacle United Reformed Church
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Corporal 13743
Parents: William John and Alma (Nee Maybery) Mizen
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Kings Heath, Westbury On Trym Lived: 1901 Census – the family lived at 6 Bell Hill Road, St George, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Unknown
Date of birth: 1895
Place of birth: Wick, Bristol
Date of death: 01/08/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (Ref VIII.C.6.), Mametz, Somme, France
Age: 21
Further information:
John was born in 1895 2nd Quarter - Baptised St Bartholomew Church, Wick 6/10/1895.
I have not located John or the family on the 1911 Census, but the pension card records the address of his father William as Kingsheath, Westbury On Trym, Bristol. His mother Alma died in February 1918, and the probate entry also shows Kings Heath as the address.
John served with the 99th Company, Machine Gun Corps Infantry (formerly Gloucestershire Regiment 22825) and was Killed in Action by shell fire on 1 August 1916.
John Mizen is also commemorated on the Westbury On Trym (High Street) Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Forces War Records.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.