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

Thomas Douglas Pearce

1911 census:
Thomas [Douglas] Pearce age 33 is living with his wife Edith age 30 and their infant son, Frederick,
at 78 Hillside Avenue, Clarksfield, Oldham.
thomas is a 'Clerk' on the 'Railway'.

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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