'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

John & Samuel Amey 1911 census: The two brothers lived with their parents, John Thomas and Sarah. 1, Trinity Street, Oldham Both sons were single, John age 18 and Samuel age 22 Both were clerks, John for the Country Council and Samuel for the Education Authority Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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