Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Conscientious Objectors day 15th May
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Shouldn't that read conscientious not conscious! I think these men showed extraordinary bravery in their choice to stick by their pacifist principles.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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And their wives and children ( if any ) must have suffered terrible abuse.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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My grandad, when a lad, played football on a team coached by Norman Gaudie, who was one of the Richmond Sixteen. Norman, and 14 others, were sentenced to death by firing squad but this was commuted to 10 years imprisonment at the last moment.
Despite my grandad serving in the merchant navy during the second world war he had the greatest respect for Norman standing by his Quaker principles despite the threat of execution. He had a photograph he used to show us of the team of lads he was in with Norman standing behind them beaming. Sadly lost now.
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Yes it was a primarily Quaker movement I believe... there are some incredibly moving accounts on the Imperial War Museum site. I guy I work with was an archivist there. http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/conscientious-objectors-in-their-own-...
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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on
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The biographies are interesting, I see Wightman Road resident Walter Charles Hohnrodt went on hunger strike.
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