Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 23 May , 2004 Share Posted 23 May , 2004 939 Pte Percy Duxbury 2nd Western Company Non Combatant Corps Died Home 23 May 1916 Enlisted - Blackburn Home - Blackburn Percy Duxbury was only 1 of 21 members of the NCC to die during the War, 5 of them in France & Flanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 23 May , 2004 Share Posted 23 May , 2004 Name: DUXBURY Initials: P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Non Combatant Corps Unit Text: 2nd Western Coy. Date of Death: 23/05/1916 Service No: 939 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: W. NP. 55. Cemetery: BANGOR (GLANADDA) CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 23 May , 2004 Share Posted 23 May , 2004 Cemetery: BANGOR (GLANADDA) CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom Locality: Carnarvonshire Historical Information: There are over 50, 1914-1918 war and almost 20, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this cemetery. No. of Identified Casualties: 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 23 May , 2004 Share Posted 23 May , 2004 "1914-18 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION WORLD-WIDE Britain: 16000 conscientious objectors faced tribunals. Some accepted places in the army’s Non Combatant Corps or Royal Army Medical Corps. Some were at first forced into the army, where they were harshly treated and faced court martials; 34 were condemned to death, though the sentences were not carried out. ‘Absolute’ pacifists, who refused to take part in the war in any way, were imprisoned in poor conditions. Over 70 died as a result; a number of survivors would later embark on post-war campaigns for prison reform. COs generally were abused and harassed, accused of cowardice, duty-shirking, or pro-German views. " http://www.ppu.org.uk/century/century2.html "although tribunals had power to recognise three degrees of conscientious objection exemption without conditions, exemption conditional upon performing alternative civilian work, or non-combatant service in the army (a special Non-Combatant Corps [NCC] was created), many men were either refused exemption or granted only non-combatant status." conscription Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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