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

Ross Manchester

No tribunal or other reports about this man found in the Oldham newspapers.

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

He was 5 ft 6½ ins tall and weighed 9 sts 4 lbs.
He married Florence Wood at Dobcross Parish Church on 3 August 1914, they had a daughter Dorothy born 9 February 1915.
He enlisted at Halifax into the 6th Northern Company of the Non-Combatant Corps, regimental number 3022 and was stated to be willing to join the ASC [Army Service Corps]

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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.

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Born Delph, 27 May 1889
Died Saddleworth, 25 October 1948

1911 census :
Meadow Bank, Dobcross, Saddleworth
Single, age 21, with parents and two older brothers
Occ: Shop assistant, Co-op society (grocery)

1939 register :
Oak Dene, Church Road, Uppermill, Saddleworth
With wife Florence and daughter Dorothy
Occ: Branch manager - Grocery

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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