BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF THOMAS SIZER (1873-1952) & ROSE EMBLEY (1876-1946), OF 65, ALICIA STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 3, NAPOLEON AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A DOCK SIDE LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A GENERAL ERRAND BOY, LIVING AT 2, EVANDER AVE, MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). LATER HE WORKED AS A LABOURER.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1 INCH TALL, 112 LBS WEIGHT, 33-35 INCH CHEST, “FAIR” PHYSIQUE, & CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 18/12/15. CALLED UP, ON 2/2/1916. TRAINED AT RUGELEY ARMY CAMP. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 9/7/1916. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/06/1917, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT MONCHY-LE-PREUX, FRANCE.
UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS, WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ROSE.
