Wigner, John Gurner

Dates:
He was 35 in 1916

Address:
92 Tyrwhitt Road, St Johns, Brockley

John Wigner was single and worked as an assistant clerk at the General Post Office.

Conscientious Objection during the First World War:
He appeared before the Military Service Tribunal and was granted a certificate of exemption conditional on his joining the Non-Combatant Corps.

War Service:
His service record is interesting as it appears that at the recruiting office on 9 May, 1916 there was an attempt made to recruit him into the Royal Fusiliers, nevertheless he appears to have been conscripted into the 3 Eastern company of Non-Combatant Corps, on that same day. Almost immediately afterwards he was transferred to the 4/5 Eastern Coy NCC and later he transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps.

After the First World War:

Source:
Cyril Pearce, University of Leeds, Pearce Register of British Conscientious Objectors


Ann O'Brien, Volunteer at Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre, November 2014.

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