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

Frank Bramold [Bramall?]

Oldham Tribunal 8 March 1916
Reported Oldham Standard 11 March 1916

Employed by Platt Bros.
Member of the Salvation Army.
He was questioned as to what the Salvation Army was doing for the war in hospitals and care of wounded.

He said he would only speak for himself, he was unwilling to tend wounded soldiers who might go back to fight.

Sent to non-combatant service

NB No personal details - age, address, not given in report but the surname is Bramold.
There is no man in the 1911 Census of England and Wales called Bramold

Found in 1911 census:
Frank Bramall, aged 24 years, an iron turner at a machine tool workers that could be Platt Bros. in Oldham
(At the start of the 20th century Platt Bros. were the largest textile machinery manufacturers in the world, employing more than 12,000 workers)

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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