Sidney Charles Bizzell

Full name Sidney Charles Bizzell, born in Hornton, Oxon., son of Charles Bizzell, police constable born in Caversham, Oxon. and Eliza born in Bicester; the family were living on Bell Street, Hornton in 1891, Kelly's Directory shows that, already in 1899, his father was a licensed victualler and the licensee of The Chequers Public House on Crown Road, Wheatley, at the foot of Friday Lane. In 1914 he was sworn in as a Special Constable in the village. In the 1911 Census Sidney was listed as a Trooper with Royal Horse Guards, stationed at Combermere Barracks, St Leonard's Road, Windsor, i.e. he was a regular soldier before the war. Brother of Frederick Bizzell who lost his life.