10.5287/BODLEIAN6IA9.2
W R, Inge
Inge
W R
Letter from Dean Inge to Harold Begbie
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
nsJvlaZm94325
1914-01-01/1914-12-31
2011-12-04 20:55:32.416024
2011
GWA_4570_Inge.jpg
Leaf
Harold Begbie's attitude to the war was less jingoistic than the recruiting poem 'Fall In' would seem to demonstrate. He had a great sympathy towards conscientious objectors, writing a novel 'Mr Sterling Stick it Out' about their plight which he was unable to get published until after the war. He tried to get a petition organised for a more humane and understanding treatment of them. This letter is the reply from W R Inge 1860-1954 the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral.
I don't know the significance of the other names written on the letter; perhaps other possible signatories.