Contested: Walter Ayles, Conscientious War Objector

Contested: Walter Ayles, Conscientious War Objector

Walter Ayles (1879 – 1953) was a Trade Unionist and women’s rights advocate. He came to Bristol in 1910 as secretary of the Independent Labour Party and was later elected a City Councillor for the Easton Ward, urging municipal ownership of energy and transport....