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 and Cyrus Longley

1911 census:
Joe Longley, and his wife, Maria age 58, were the parents of Cyrus and John Longley.
Cyrus and John had been born in Delph.
Cyrus was age 22 and a 'cloth finisher' (woollen cloth) and John age 18 was a weft carrier (woollen cloth)
Also on the census was their sister, Alice Ann age 32.
The family lived at Lower Stones, Delph.

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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