William Lovice Wintle (General)

by Mike Pinchin , Bedford, England, Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 20:41 (3301 days ago) @ ian wright

This from the BNA Gloucester Journal - Saturday 16 September 1916

Coleford.

At a special Court at Coleford on Wednesday (before Messrs. T. T. Taylor and J. W. Porter), William Lovice Wintle (38), insurance agent, Parkend, was brought up in custody and charged by P.C. Bartlett, under the Military Service Act, with being an absentee from his Majesty’s Forces.—Prisoner, who is conscientious objector, and had been exempted from combatant service only, contended that he could not be an absentee from something he had never joined.— Lieut. Barnsley, in charge of the Lydney Recruiting Office, stated that prisoner was not to be called until the 4th inst.. but as a matter of fact he received until the 11th inst. The notice requesting him to present himself on that date was ignored.—The Bench imposed the minimum penalty of £2, and ordered prisoner to be handed over to the escort.