'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
Taylor Herbert Nothing has been found in the newspapers about Taylor Herbert (or Herbert Taylor) He has an entry on the Pearce List HERE. The Pearce List says he appealed at the Oldham Tribunal on 13 April 1917 and was granted exemption conditional on his remaining in his current occupation. This date comes from a listing in The Friend - a weekly magazine published by the Quakers - but there is no report around this date in the Oldham newspapers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is possible this is the same man as Herbert Willott Taylor, a Quaker who also did work of national importance at his own trade - that of an electrician. Other facts do not tie in. Contributed by Dorothy Bintley |
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