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Home Front

10 August 1918 - Alexander Gidley

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

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On this day in 1918, a conscientious objector, when sentenced, threw his boot at the magistrate, while in Ashburton, a war hero returns home. Show more

Contributors

Alexander Gidley:
Matthew Beard
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Cora Gidley:
Joanna Monro
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Charles Summer:
Rufus Wright
Clarence Ogden:
David Sterne
Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Musician:
Susie Riddell

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