'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
William Edward Crossley
Middleton Tribunal 23 March 1916 Of Suthers Street, Middleton He said he was against military doctrine He had tried to enlist in the Navy Medical Corps but was rejected. Sent to non-combatant service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not found 1911 Census or 1939 Register Contributed by Dorothy Bintley |
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