BORN BEVERLEY 1888. SON OF HENRY CONSTABLE (1857-1917) AND ELLEN ANN GLEADHILL (1866-1915), OF 51 MINSTER MOOR GATE, BEVERLEY AND 51 DAY STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A BUTCHER’S LABOURER (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 1/7TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED 15/09/1916, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ISABEL FOREST DOVE (1886-1972) AT 53 MINSTER MOOR GATE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE MARRIED HER AT BEVERLEY, IN 1916.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL.
HIS BROTHER, CHARLES RICHARD CONSTABLE, DCM (1892-1925), SERVED WITH THE EYR AND MACHINE GUN CORPS. HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL ON 12/05/1918 AND LIVED AT 51 DAY STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE DIED IN 1925 AGED 33.
