Chadwick, Stanley

Chadwick, Stanley,(35), 5 Gramfield Rd, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, author & journalist, CO rejected at LT, MAT 8/8/41 varied to conditional, WW1 was supposed to bring a better world, this war could have been prevented, invasion of Britain ‘a practical impossibility’, Crete would not he been taken if better defended, had wanted to negotiate from the start, HUDE 9/8/41 p1, GUA 8/8/41 p5; Huddersfield Court 2/3/42 now free lance journalist & printer’s rep, had failed to obtain ft land, hospital , ambulance or civil defence work as ordered, despite 4 interviews, doing vol work at youth club which had doubled in size since 1941, staff at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary refused to work with COs, had refused work with War Agricultural Ctttee & hospital porter’s job at 20 s per week + meals, elected to be tried by jury at Quarter Sessions, bail of £20 until then, HUDE 2/3/42 p4; Quarter Sessions 13/4/42, now 36,  jury found him Guilty without leaving their box,  prison 15 months, he conducted own defence & spoke of leading 34 Boys Club since 1931, health reasons prevented 3 of the 4 conditions, had only been working 5 days per month, HUDE 14/4/42 p1