'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

Joseph Hill, James Hill & Ernest Hill 1911 census: The three brothers lived at 1, Frederick Street, Oldham with their parents James & Hannah. Their father, James, was a Police Inspector. Also there was another brother, Walter, and two sisters, Ada and Annie. James age 19 was an apprentice tin-plate worker (Gas Meters) Ernest age 14 was an apprentice Flyer maker (in the textile industry). Joseph age 24 was a 'cotton cardroom jobber' Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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