'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
James W. Ashton Oldham Tribunal 13 March 1918 The appeal in the case of anther man stated to be a conscientious objector, James W Ashton, (18), single, was withdrawn for he has been medically examined and rejected. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is no report of this case in the Oldham Standard There is insufficient information to identify the man. [There was a James William Ashton, aged 11, son of James Albert and Maria Ashton, living at 28 Prince George Street, Oldham, in the 1911 census. Nobody else living in Oldham in 1911 fits the name and age above but there is no proof that this is the correct person.] Contributed by Dorothy Bintley |
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