Photo taken during WWI in Saskatchewan Canada, about 1917.

Everyone in this picture was professing or closely associated.
Because of their faith, they refused to bear arms to kill.

Most had been locked up in the Regina SK jail together.
During WWI there was no "consciencious objector" status in Canada.
Eventually the were given non-combatant jobs.

Top Row, L-R: Robert Fraser, Clifford Fleming, Matthew Thompson
ddle Row, L-R: Blake Pierce, Dugald Murdoch, Carl Jensen
Front Row, L-R: Elmer Larson, Jim McChesney, Fred Hardy, Albert Phillips

Dimensions

600*827

File

Jailed Professing Men WWI .jpg

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259 KB

Albums

• Workers & Conventions by Country -- 36 Albums / Canada / Manitoba