As a member of the No-Conscription Fellowship he was a leading conscientious objector to WW1.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
W. J. Chamberlain
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Fenner Brockway statue
The statue, by Ian Walters and unveiled (very appropriately) by Michael Foot,...
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Annot Robinson
Suffragette and pacifist. Born as Annot Erskine Wilkie in Scotland. Nicknamed Annie. Trained and worked as a teacher. She was sentenced to six months for trying to break in to the House of Commons....
60 years of peace between Britain and Germany
"... sixty years of peace between the peoples of Britain and Germany" in 2005, i.e. since the end of WW2. Another memorial commemorates "50 years of peace".
Mary Hughes
Social worker. Born 80 Park Street, Mayfair, daughter to the Christian socialist Thomas Hughes who was author of "Tom Brown's Schooldays". Moved to join her sister who was married to the Reverend...
Lord Donald Soper
Christian Socialist and pacifist. Born 36 Knoll Road, Wandsworth. Keen sportsman but gave up cricket when (at college we think) as the bowler, he accidentally killed the batsman. As well as under...
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Alfred Hitchcock
Film director. Born at 517 Leytonstone High Road above his father William’s greengrocery and poultry shop. See Spitalfields Life for an unusual take on his life in Leytonstone. When Alfie was about...
Lieutenant William Walker Jordan
Died as a result of serving in the Russian War 1854-6. 34th Regiment. Casualty Rolls gives: "Jordan William Walker, Lieutenant, 34th Foot (Cumberland), Killed in Action, Minor actions at Sebastopol...
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