Editing Raymond Postgate (section)

===Early life===

Raymond Postgate was born in [[Cambridge]], England, the eldest son of [[John Percival Postgate]] and Edith Allen. He was educated at [[St John's College, Oxford]], where, despite being sent down for a period because of his pacifism, he gained a First in [[Honour Moderations]] in 1917.

Postgate sought exemption from World War I [[military service]] as a [[conscientious objector]] on [[socialist]] grounds, but was allowed only non-combatant service in the army, which he refused to accept. Arrested by the civil police, he was brought before Oxford [[Magistrates' Court]], which handed him over to the Army. Transferred to [[Cowley Barracks]], Oxford,<ref name="b&y">Brock and Young, p. 209.</ref> for forcible enlistment in the [[Non-Combatant Corps]], he was within five days found medically unfit for service and discharged.<ref>''The Friend'', 5 May 1916, 12 May 1916.</ref> Fearful of a possible further attempt at conscription, he went "[[wiktionary:on the run|on the run]]" for a period. While he was in Army hands, his sister [[Margaret Cole|Margaret]] campaigned on his behalf, in the process meeting the socialist writer and economist [[G. D. H. Cole]], whom she subsequently married. In 1918 Postgate married [[Daisy Lansbury]], daughter of the journalist and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician [[George Lansbury]], and was barred from the family home by his [[Tory]] father.<ref>Postgate & Postgate, pp. 41–65.</ref>