Service records - Rufus MEEK 1889 (General)

by cmfenton , Ferndown, Dorset, Friday, November 14, 2008, 00:37 (5865 days ago) @ slowhands

I am interested to see this service record as Rufus Meek was my great-uncle.

I have often wondered about the war service of the members of this family. I see from these service records that Rufus was exempted from combatant service on conscientious grounds and so served in the Labour Corps.

With five brothers in the family all of serviceable age I would have expected more of them to have served even if others held similar views to Rufus over combatant service. In 1916 Tom was 40, Frank 37, Stan 29, Rufus 27 and Hubert 25.