Fullerton, Robert A

Fullerton, Robert A, 345 Main St, Rutherglen, (Glasgow), GLT 18/10/39 NCS, DR 19/10/39 p4, GH 19/10 p8; EAT 21/12/39 refused & NCS at LT upheld, butcher, member of Church of Scotland & PPU, represented by Gordon Stott, would do any civil work not actual war work, had done agricultural work & kept poultry, father as witness was overcome by tears &said he was an exemplary boy – did not smoke or swear & not interested in football or dancing, brought up as Christian Pacifist and would suffer for principles, both parents COs with father William Fullerton a CO in WW1, not exempted but rejected as unfit, DR 22/12/39 p16, SCO 22/12/39 p12, GH 22/1 2p5; would do agriculture, left Church of Scotland over attitude to war, PPU member, represented by PPU advisers & a Quaker spoke for him, Quaker observer thought GLT & EAT more favourable to workers in engineering & allied trades & less so for clerks or shop workers, FRI 12/1/40 p24; CO private soldier given Non Combat Corps at tribunal, Quaker attender, CM 12/40 disobeyed orders, 93 prison days hard labour, The Friend 13/12/40 p692; EAT 6/2/41 had Glasgow accent, had joined Quakers 6/39, had refused orders for Christian principles, would not help war as we should love our enemies, would try to stop invasion by love, decision to be sent to War Office, DR 22/12/39 p16, SCO 22/12/39 p12, GH 22/1 2p5; EEN 6/2/41 p5