'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
Harold G. Greenwood South East Lancashire Appeal Tribunal, Town Hall Manchester, 30 March 1916 The South-east Lancashire Appeal Tribunal sitting in two sessions at the Town Hall Manchester on Thursday afternoon, heard appeals for total exemption from service made by a number of young men of Oldham, conscientious objectors, who had been sent to non-combatant service in most cases by the Oldham Tribunal and, in a few cases, to combatant service. Judge Mellor K C presided over one section and Mr J M Yates K C over the other … … Harold G Greenwood, who stated that he was a minister of the Independent Methodist Church and claimed exemption, asked that the press should be excluded during the hearing of his case but without effect. Postponement for two months was granted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Independent Methodist Church Archives in Wigan:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1911 census Not found Contributed by Dorothy Bintley |
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