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

Albert Whittaker Davoll

1911 census:
Albert Whittaker Davoll age 15, at school, lived with his parents, John William age 50 and Mary age 48.
His father was a 'foreman patternmaker - electrical engineering'
They lived at 45, Robinson Street, Chadderton.

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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