WW1 soldier - CONSTANCE Arthur Evan, Longhope, 13th Glosters (General)

by dink999, Sunday, March 23, 2014, 13:39 (3899 days ago) @ Jefff

Jeff,

I have amended a few entries where KIA should be "died" and was expecting one or two more to come to light.

Reading the article you found gives plenty of family information and tells a sad story of Arthur Evan Constance's death

Briefly his parents were Mr & Mrs E S Constance, sisters May, Nellie and Lilly

Laid to rest in the burial ground of the Zion Baptist Chapel

Arthur was called up in 1915, went to France in 1916, by April 1918 he was a CQMS when he was shot through the thigh and captured by the Germans. He spent 4 months in hospital and held prisoner until after the Armistice. His close confinement seriously affected his health, upon his release he was sent to the Notts. County War Hospital suffering from mental breakdown, from which he never recovered, Arthur was 30 years of age

Surname CONSTANCE
First Name Arthur Evan
Abode Laburnum Cottage Longhope
Occupation Private No18311 13th Battn Gloster Regiment
Year Proved 1920
Page Number 92
Year of Death 1920
Month of Death Mar
Day of Death 14
Value Under £152
Document AWW
Notes Died at Gloucester Asylum
Will Number Will_04424