Robert John Mizen
Memorial: Wick - St Bartholomew's Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 30739
Parents: William John and Mary Grace (Nee Alvis) Mizen
Marital status: Single
Home address: 1901 Census - the family lived at Highfield Farm, Wick
Pre-war occupation: Unknown (probably working on his father’s farm)
Date of birth: 1895
Place of birth: Wick, Bristol
Date of death: 31/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 6.), Pas de Calais, France
Age: 23
Further information:
Robert was born in 1895 3rd Quarter- Baptised St James Church, Abson – 18/08/1895.
No entry could be found on the 1911 Census, but as the WW1 pension card gave Highfield Farm as the address of his mother, the family had probably lived there since at least the 1901 Census. Robert's father was a farmer, and he died in 1934, the address at that time being Beach Farm, Wick. His mother still lived at Beach Farm in 1939 and Robert's brother Albert was then running the farm.
Robert served with the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and was Killed in Action on 31 August 1918.
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.