'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
William Parker Oldham Police Court 4 or 11 November 1916 At the Oldham Police Court on Saturday morning, Ernest C Dunstan (26) and William Parker (24) were charged with being absentees under the Military Service Act. … The Chief Constable said that in the case of Parker, he was arrested on instructions from Captain Almond. An escort was in waiting. [No earlier reports have been found about William Parker. It seems likely that when he received his call up papers he neither attended as ordered nor applied for a tribunal hearing. That would make him an absentee and put him in the hands of the magistrates. Inevitably he would be escorted to Ashton Barracks and conscripted into a military regiment against his wishes.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He has an entry on the Pearce List. 8 December 1916 Court martialled and sentenced to 2 years with hard labour at Wormwood Scrubs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Born Middleton, c1893 1911 Census 1939 register Not found Contributed by Dorothy Bintley |
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