Name
Arthur William Tizzard
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/05/1916
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
8188
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Abbots Langley Village Memorial
Biography
Initially A.W Tizzard was identified from the Leavesden Asylum Roll of Honour which was published in the Hertfordshire Advertiser on 17th October 1914. He was employed at the St Pancras School in Abbots Langley. The School was closely associated with the Leavesden Asylum. After much research this man was identified as Arthur William Tizzard, and eventually Census, Royal Navy and Army records have been found.
Arthur Tizzard was born on 6th February 1887 at Warley in Essex. He was one of two children born to Tom and Edith Tizzard. In the 1891 Census the family lived at Brompton Barracks at Gillingham where Tom served as an Officer’s Servant. By 1901 Tom had retired and worked as a School Caretaker. The family lived at 395 High Street, Chatham, and Arthur worked as a Storeroom Boy.
The UK Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services indicated that Arthur joined the Navy on 10th September 1903 and served aboard HMS “Pembroke”, a shore base at Chatham. He gave his occupation as a Porter. He was discharged from the HMS “Pembroke” on 1st February 1904, and it is not known why he left the Navy.
In the 1911 Census Arthur was recorded serving in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with the 2nd Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. It is most likely that he left the Army and gained employment at the St Pancras School, sometime between 1911 and 1914, and was thus remembered in the Asylum Roll of Honour in October 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Soldiers Died in the Great War archives recorded that Arthur was killed in action on 21st May 1916 and was commemorated on the Arras Memorial in France. At the time of his death he was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, with the rank of Sergeant. The 8th Battalion was formed at the beginning of the War from volunteers and was part of Kitchener’s New Army. Arthur enlisted at Chatham, and it is most likely that he returned to the colours at the start of the War and as an old soldier rapidly gained the rank of Sergeant.
Arthur Tizzard was killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
