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

Cecil Frederick Prescott

Nothing has been found in the Oldham newspapers about this man.

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

11 December 1915 Attested at Ashton under Lyne Barracks, sent to army reserve

5 September 1917 Called up, posted to 68th Training Reserve Battalion
8 September 1917 Disobeyed an order
14 September 1917 Court Martial at Ripon - 2 years with hard labour
17 September 1917 To Wormwood Scrubs
16 November 1917 Accepted work under the Home Office scheme
Sent to Knutsford Work Centre
1918 - 1919 At Dartmoor Work Centre

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He has an entry on the Pearce List HERE.
The Pearce List of over 17500 WW1 Conscientious Objectors can be found on the Imperial War Museum's website HERE

Born Oldham, 20 September 1892
Died Cook County, Chicago, 30 July 1955

1911 census
362 Shaw Road, Oldham
Single with parents and siblings
Occ: Spinner

Emigrated to USA 1928

1930 US census
1953 W Chicago Avenue, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
With wife Joyce, son George, daughter Marion
[Son Cecil Frederick born 1938]
Occ: Electrician

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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