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This week I thought I would tell you about some of the
stories that have been added to Durham at War recently. The research, this time, has not been put
together by DaW HQ staff but our dedicated volunteers and even interested
members of the public!
Firstly we have three men who were conscientious
objectors. They were sent to Richmond
Castle where the Non-Combatant Corps was based and were part of a group that
became known as the Richmond Sixteen.
From there they were sent to France where they were Court Martialled for
disobeying orders. One of the project
volunteers has thrown herself into researching conscientious objectors and
provided most of the material that can be found on the following pages:
Norman Gaudie of East Boldon
William Law of Darlington
Herbert Law of Darlington
Herbert and William were brothers. Our volunteer also noted something on the
1911 census for the family that suggest that they might have inherited their
activism from their mother. The father
had added in the “Infirmities” column:
“Wife: Delusional.
Thinks she ought to have a vote”
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| Detail from the 1911 Census entry for Law Family, Darlington, from Ancestry.com |
We also received a series of profiles of men from Darlington
via our contactdurhamatwar@durham.gov.uk
email. An interested member of the
public found our site and wondered if we could make use of the research she had
put together on the memorial tablet at
St James the Great, Darlington. We were delighted to be able to host that
information!
The page for the war memorial can be found here, then scroll
down to ‘related to this story’ for links to the men:
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