BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALFRED PIZER (1871-1905) AND (MARY) JANE WYNN (1871-1943), OF 2 MARIN CRESCENT, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. (ARMY ADDRESS). A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST.
ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 19/04/1915. DISCHARGED ON 13/07/1915 FOR BEING ONLY 17 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS OLD. HIS VHARACTER WAS REPORTED AS “GOOD AND VERY RELIABLE”. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 13/1436, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH CAMERONIAN RIFLES. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/09/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COTT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY JANE, WHO HAD ALREADY LOST ANOTHER SON IN THE WAR AND THREE MORE SONS IN INFANCY
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE ARTHUR PIZER, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 21.
