Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR', 'THE WAR TO END WAR', 'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN WW1

Joseph Whitehead

He has an entry on the Pearce List HERE.
The Pearce List of over 17500 WW1 Conscientious Objectors can be found on the Imperial War Museum's website HERE.

Joseph Whitehead is listed because he is included in the 1915 register of members of the No-Conscription Fellowship.
He was 42 years old at the 1911 census and would have been too old when conscription started in March 1916 but would have been eligible when the age went up to 50 in 1918.

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Born Oldham, about 1869
Died Not found

1911 census
23 Widdop Street, Oldham
With wife Sophia and daughter Amy
Occ: Clerk to Education Committee and Director of Education, UDC

1939 register
Not found

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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