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

John Farmer

1911 census:
John Farmer was a married man age 31, his wife Mary Ann was age 32.
They had a daughter alice age 5 and a son John age 3
John was a 'cotton cardroom stripper and grinder'
The family lived at 30, Mill Lane, Werneth.

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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