James Arthur Constable

James Constable was working at Moortown House Farm when he was approached in the farmyard by a regular officer who recruited him from the Home Guard into the Auxiliary Unit. He thought his name was recommended by Assistant Group Commander Lieutenant Ted Helmshaw, a local corn merchant, whom he knew.

Told to take his rifle and other arms home to practice shooting at crows he was spotted by a local policeman while cycling home. He was stopped, questioned and reported for being so heavily armed but never heard anything more on the matter.
The family remember he went to Coleshill to train.