'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
Robert Edwin Harris Watson
No tribunal or other reports about this man found in the Oldham newspapers. He has an entry on the Pearce List. He was enlisted in the 29th (Reserve) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and court martialled at Hornsea on 10 August 1916. He was sentenced to 6 months with hard labour which he served in Hull and Leeds Prisons. He accepted work under the Home Office scheme on 1 November 1916 and was transferred to the Army Reserve. He was sent to the Wakefield Work Centre. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1911 census 1939 register Born Saddleworth, 2 October 1893 Contributed by Dorothy Bintley |
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