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

Vincent Fallas

No newspaper report of Tribunal proceedings found, as yet.
WO363 document entries suggest Halifax might have been the Tribunal location.

From the Pearce list entry, HERE and the surviving 3 pages of the WO 363 documents, we know that Vincent Fallas was sent for Non-combatant service:

20 June 1916 Enlisted at Halifax into No 3 Northern Company Non combatant Corps
Service number 1485
Home address Nab End Farm, Dobcross, Saddleworth
Height 5 ft 7 ¾ ins
21 June 1916 Posted
19 February 1917 Transferred to No 2 Northern Company.

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Vincent Fallas -
WO 363 page

Born Saddleworth, 26 October 1895
Died Wilmslow, Cheshire, 3 May, 1964

1911 census :
Sugar Lane, Dobcross, Nr. Oldham
With his parents, John Samuel and Alice Ann Fallas,
Older brother Clifford Fallas and younger sister Allice.
Occ. Shawl weaver

1939 register
40 Chew Valley Road, Greenfield, Saddleworth
With wife Sarah, no children listed
Occ: Social worker and probation officer, late joiner & builder

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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