'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 Saunders Manchester Appeal Tribunal 14 February 1917 Six cases from the Chadderton, Lees and Failsworth circuits were dealt with by sections of the County Appeals Tribunal in Manchester on Wednesday afternoon … … Ernest Saunders of 506 Foxdenton-lane, Chadderton, a minder at the Lark Mill was put back seven days for medical examination. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Manchester Appeal Tribunal 4 April 1917 Several cases were before the Manchester Appeal Tribunal on Wednesday. In the court over which Judge Mellor presided …. Ernest Saunders, a minder at the Lark Spinning Co., Chadderton, was ordered to serve. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [No earlier appearance at a local tribunal found.] [The evidence for this man being a conscientious objector is the Oldham Standard headline on the report dated 5 April 1917: Oldham "C. O." Objectors. The others mentioned are Robert Henry Higham, Ernest Lees, Alfred Parker, and Buckley H Barlow.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not found 1911 census. Contributed by Dorothy Bintley |
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