Strickland-Constable, Frederick Charles

BORN WASSAND, YORKSHIRE, 16/03/1860. ELDEST SON OF THE LATE HENRY STRICKLAND-CONSTABLE (1821-1909) & CORNELIA CHARLOTTE ANNE DUMARESQ (1837-1911). EDUCATED AT ETON. COMMISSIONED TO THE HORSE GUARDS, IN 1880. PROMOTED CAPTAIN, IN 1884, MAJOR IN 1911, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN 1913. HE MARRIED MARGARET ELIZABETH PAKENHAM (1873-1961) AT HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, ON 03/03/1898. SHE WAS DAUGHTER … Read more

Londesbrough, Thomas

BORN DRIFFIELD 1896. SON OF THOMAS (1866-1956) & KATE LONDESBOROUGH (1870-1936), OF “ROSE COTTAGE”, SEATON (1911 CENSUS) AND OBAN HOUSE, SEATON (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM FOREMAN. ELDEST OF FIVE SONS AND TWO SISTERS. A FARM LAD, WORKING IN SKIRLAUGH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT HORNSEA, … Read more