John Green

Chadderton Tribunal 13 March 1916
Reported Oldham Chronicle 14 March 1916

At the sitting of the Chadderton Tribunal the cases of several conscientious objectors were heard. Councillor Carter presided.

… John Green, 24 Under-lane, Hollinwood, a joiner minder, was sent to the non-combatant corps. He claimed exemption from combatant service on religious grounds.

[This is all the report says about John Green, he is the last mentioned in a lengthy piece reporting a total of ten men who claimed conscientious objection. The Oldham Standard ends its report of the same tribunal with the same two sentences.]

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The WO 363 records for John Green survive (held at The National Archives, available online via Find My Past):

14 March 1916 Chadderton Tribunal - sent to non-combatant service
29 March 1916 Called up
1 April 1916 Enlisted at Kinmel Camp No 2 Southern Company Non Combatant Corps
Reg'l no. 74 Height 5ft ins Weight 7sts 6lbs
29 May 1916 Embarked at Folkestone for Boulogne
1 June 1918 In hospital - Sick
7 August 1918 In hospital - Influenza, mild

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He has an entry on the Pearce List.
The Pearce List of over 17500 WW1 Conscientious Objectors can be found on the Imperial War Museum's website HERE

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Born Oldham, 3 December 1893
Died Oldham, 20 April 1971.
Buried Hollinwood Cemetery grave E4 - 129

1911 census:
40 Under Lane, Chadderton, Oldham
Single with parents and siblings
Occ: Big piecer, cotton spinning

1939 register: 89 Chestnut Street, Chadderton
With wife Clara and daughter Joyce
Occ: Mule spinner (cotton)

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley