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

Harry Gadsby

Harry Gadsby 1911

1911 census:
249 Denton Lane, Hollinwood, Oldham
Single with parents, 3 sisters and elder brother Fred, who would also become a conscientious objector
Occ: none shown

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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