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HORACE HERBERT 1894 -  

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Horace was working as a Policeman in 1916. In December, he was sacked for his involvement in the Police Union, which simply served to make him a committed socialist. Many COs believed that working people in both Germany and Britain should resist being pushed into war for the benefit of their employers, and Union men like Horace were some of the most committed to this idea. After an unsuccessful attempt to gain exemption, he was transferred to the army and quickly found himself in Wormwood Scrubs prison. Horace, as with many other COs, was discharged from prison at the end of his first sentence, only to be again called up and sent back to prison. He would serve three prison sentences moving between Wandsworth and Wormwood Scrubs, finally being released under the “two year rule” long after the end of the war, in April 1919. 

 

 

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Born: 1894
Died:
Address: 85 Bartholomew Road, Kentish Town, London
Tribunal: St Pancras
Prison: Wormwood Scrubs, Wandsworth
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Occupation: Policeman

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