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Conscription and Conscientious Objection

Posted by: Lucy Harris, Posted on: 30 September 2014 - Categories: Defence and conflict, First World War
A cartoon drawn by G.D. Micklewright illustrating the life of a Conscientious Objector in prison. Various images are shown such as one of the prison guard and one of the prison chaplain.

The early years of the First World War brought a large number of casualties to the army of Great Britain and despite the number of volunteers the government was soon in dire need of more troops.  On the 2nd March 1916 …

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