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

Alfred Charlesworth

Alfred Charlesworth - 1911

1911 census:
Alfred is with his parents, William and Anne, living at 248 Copster Hill Road.
Alfred is age 15 and a cotton mill piecer.
Also there is his older sister, Edith, age 18, a 'school teacher',
together with a younger sister and two younger brothers.
All were born in Oldham

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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