Name
George William Mizon
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/12/1916
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/18044
Royal West Kent Regiment
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
X.C.20A
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St. Martin’s Church Memorial, Knebworth (New), St. Martin’s Church Roll of Honour, Knebworth (New), St. Martin’s Church Framed Memorial, Knebworth (New), All Saints Church Memorial, Little Munden
Pre War
Born in Great Wratting, Suffolk, eldest son of Walter James and Susan Mizon, of Gun Rd. Cottage, Knebworth Station, Stevenage, Herts. Lived in Datchworth, Herts. in 1901. Worked as a farm labourer in Knebworth in 1911 and a carter in Hitchin in 1916. Unmarried.
Wartime Service
George arrived in France on the 12th July 1916 and was held at a Reserve Base until 7th September, when he was posted to the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment. He died at 6.15am on the 4th December 1916 at No.17 Casualty Clearing Station as a result of Nephritis.
Additional Information
Brother of Charles Mizon 7909 Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, KIA 15 Sep 1914 (also listed on Little Munden Memorial).
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Malcolm Lennox
