We remember Geoffrey Edward Hicks

We remember Geoffrey Edward Hicks

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Timeline

Timeline

1877
birth Source:8458502 1877
1916
service British Army 618 Source:8458502 1916
1916
location Fernbank, Gloucester Road Burgess Hill, Burgess Hill Urban District, Great Britain United Kingdom Source:8458502 1916
employment Architectural wood carver United Kingdom Source:8458502
1962
death Source:8458502 1962

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Geoffrey Edward
Initials GE
Last Name Hicks
Source 8458502
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Fernbank, Gloucester Road Burgess Hill, Burgess Hill Urban District, Great Britain United Kingdom 1916
Contribution

Conscientious Objector

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 618
Objection

Motivation: Socialist; NCF (No-Conscription Fellowship); Quaker Attender (Burgess Hill PM)
Fellowship: Brighton
Reason: alternativist
Source:

TypeDetailsLocationSource
Prison Winchester CP (Civil Prison) 30.6.16 discharged 31.8.16; Wormwood S.
Central Tribunal Central Tribunal Nos. W.467 Class: A - Genuine
Work Centre HOS (The Home Office Scheme, administered by the Brace Committee) 8.9.16 Aberdeen 'work under scheme';Oct.1916 Dyce Camp (photo.48); transfer to Army Reserve Class W 1.11.16; Q in H 19.3.18; Wakefield Work Centre 30.4.18
Magistrates Court Arrested, tried at Haywards Heath Police Court 20.4.16, handed over - Absentee
War Service NCC(CM) (Disobeyed orders in the Non-Combatant Corps) Details of Court Martial: NCC (Non-Combatant Corps) 22.4.16 Chichester NCC (Non-Combatant Corps) (Eastern) Chichester barracks; Circular redoubt, Harwich; Cinder Central Camp, Le Havre; Field punishment compound Harfleur; Boulogne barracks June 1916 in France awaiting sentence; CM (Court Martial) Boulogne 10.6.16 death com.to 10yrs PS; 29.6.16 to England, Winchester CP (Civil Prison) - Refused to sign army papers or to give detailed answers; Sent from Harwich and Felixstowe on 8th May, where already sentenced to 28 days, kept in irons and on bread and water.
Military Service Tribunal MST (Military Service Tribunal) Burgess Hill 8..3.16 - claimed AE (Absolute Exemption), granted ECS (Exemption from Combatant Service); 24.3.16 E.Sussex Appeal - ECS (Exemption from Combatant Service) confirmed; Central Tribunal at Wormwood S. 14.8.16 - CO class A, to Brace Committee
Religion
DateReligionSource
Quaker

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Official Records

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The Pearce Register of British WW1 Conscientious Objectors

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Multimedia

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Geoff as a young man Chris130762
The famous Dyce picture Chris130762
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