To my knowledge, my grandfather never served in the great war, Is there a way of finding out if he was a conscientious objector or in a reserved occupation or medically unfit? The reason I ask is he was born 1886 and would have been of age to volunteer or conscripted, his occupation was a sugar worker labourer and later in life a crane driver. Everyone else I have researched during the great war seems to have served, In the later years of his life and myself being so young, I remember him being a bit deaf and for some reason I remember the fraise flat-footed about him! BUT my father used to call him the DODGER! My grandfather was a very quite man, but my father used to argue with him, I think about the great war, also I was told once my grandfather was threatened in a local pub, as said he was a very quite man, also he never married until 1919, Any ideas as its always bugged me and thought I would ask the question, sorry its so long winded and thank you for your time and any replies.
