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

Ernest Pollard

Oldham Tribunal 6 March 1916
Reported Oldham Standard 11 March 1916

Clerk employed at Victoria Station, Manchester, lives in Oldham.

He said he was a member of the Plymouth Brethren and included many Bible references in his claim. He strongly objected to combatant service but had no objection to non-combatant service.
He would never kill a man.

Certified for a non combatant branch

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Insufficient information to find a certain match in 1911 census or 1939 register.

1911 census :
However, there is an Ernest Pollard who is a clerk recorded but working with the Co-operative Society.
It could be the same man if he changed place of employment between 1911 and 1916.

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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