We remember Oscar Griswood Ricketts

We remember Oscar Griswood Ricketts

Timeline

Timeline

1895
birth Source:8462793 1895
1916
service British Army 609 Source:8462793 1916
1916
location 73, Mayfield Avenue West Ealing, Ealing Municipal Borough, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND United Kingdom Source:8462793 1916
employment Bank Clerk ENGLAND United Kingdom Source:8462793

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Oscar Griswood
Initials OG
Last Name Ricketts
Source 8462793
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
73, Mayfield Avenue West Ealing, Ealing Municipal Borough, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND United Kingdom 1916
Contribution

Conscientious Objector

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 609
Objection

Fugitive
Motivation: Christian and pacifist
Fellowship: Yes
Reason: alternativist
Source:

TypeDetailsLocationSource
Prison Winchester CP (Civil Prison) 30.6.16 discharged 31.8.16
Central Tribunal Central Tribunal Nos. W.466 M.561
Work Centre HOS (The Home Office Scheme, administered by the Brace Committee) Oct.1916 Dyce Camp (photo.88); Dartmoor (18.10.17)
Magistrates Court Arrested and tried at Brentford Police court 22.4.16, fined 40/- and handed over - Absentee
War Service NCC(CM) (Disobeyed orders in the Non-Combatant Corps) Details of Court Martial: NCC (Non-Combatant Corps) 19.4.16 Hounslow (Eastern) CM (Court Martial) at Hounslow () and then (25.4.16) to Felixstowe and Harwich to serve 28 days in redoubt; June 1916 in France awaiting sentence; FGCM (Court Martial) Boulogne 10.6.16 - death com.to 10 yrs.PS Winchester CP (Civil Prison); Home: 19.4.16 - 8.5.16; France: 9.5.16 - 29.6.16; Home: 30.6.16 - 31.3.20; Deserted 1.11.16 - 31.1.17 () - Refused to sign army papers or to give details; Thought to be in Harwich Redoubt military prison 18.5.16; Sent from Harwich and Felixstowe on 8th May, where already sentenced to 28 days, kept in irons, on bread and water.
Military Service Tribunal MST (Military Service Tribunal) Ealing 29.2.16 - claimed AE (Absolute Exemption) - refused; Middlesex Appeal 20.3.16 - granted ECS (Exemption from Combatant Service); Central Tribunal 7.8.16; Central Tribunal at Wormwood S. 14.8.16 - CO class A, to Brace Committee
Religion
DateReligionSource
Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Official Records

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The Pearce Register of British WW1 Conscientious Objectors
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Stuart12032
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Stuart12032
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Stuart12032

External Evidence

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CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS - Questions in House of Commons Peter5151

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