“Would it be in order to sing God Save the King?”
Will Crooks, trade unionist and one of the first Labour MPs, was born in Poplar, London #OnThisDay 1852. A strong patriot, Crooks led the House of Commons in singing the national anthem following the outbreak of WW1.
Will Crooks, trade unionist and one of the first Labour MPs, was born in Poplar, London #OnThisDay 1852. A strong patriot, Crooks led the House of Commons in singing the national anthem following the outbreak of WW1.
At a recruitment meeting in October 1914, Crooks said that he would “prefer to be a wage slave under King George than to have German liberty under the Kaiser.”