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

Fred Rodgers

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

Member of the No-Conscription Fellowship
Medically examined at Ashton Barracks, rejected as unfit.

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Born Oldham, 1 July 1885
Died Lancaster September quarter 1965

1911 census
109 Crompton Street, Oldham
With wife Eliza, no children listed
Occ: Boot, shoe and clog maker

1939 register
28 Lodge Mill Lane, Ramsbottom
With wife Eliza, no children listed
Maintenance cotton waste spinning

Contributed by Dorothy Bintley

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