Protest
Race riots, rent strikes and conscientious objectors' resistance
Scotland, Edinburgh: Arthur Woodburn, from Conscientious Objector to Secretary of State
Arthur Woodburn, from Conscientious Objector to Secretary of State
Scotland, Coatbridge: Margaret Skinnider
Margaret Skinnider - only woman seriously wounded as a combatant in the Easter Rising.
Banna Strand: Co. Kerry: The Arrest of Roger Casement
Roger Casement is arrested, taken to London and put on trial for treason
St. Patrick's Hall, Coalisland: The Ulster Rising That Never Was
Irish Volunteers from Belfast travel to Coalisland to take part in the Easter Rising
Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo: Prayers Against Conscription
In 1918 a sermon against conscription was given on the summit of Croagh Patrick
Howth Harbour, Co. Dublin: Gun Running becomes a Publicity Coup
The Irish Volunteers suggle guns and ammunition into Howth harbour.
Howth Harbour, Co. Dublin: Gun Running becomes a Publicity Coup
The Irish Volunteers run guns into Howth Harbour.
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Kinmel Park, Denbighshire: Tragic Fate of Canadian Soldiers
Kinmel Park, Denbighshire: some of the most serious rioting in British military history
Caernarfon Prison, North Wales: Jailed for Refusing to Kill
Being an Objector wasn’t an easy option. It meant imprisonment and hard labour.
Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow Green Peace Protest
G1 5DB - The story of one of the biggest anti-war demonstrations at outbreak of the war.
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Westgate Riot
The businessman who was forced to flee after rumours about him sparked riots in 1914
Southend-on-Sea, Essex: Anti-German Riots
Rebellion after an Essex woman was killed in one of the first Zeppelin raids
Highfields, Leicester: Germanophobia Led to of Renaming Streets
Changing ‘German sounding’ street names as hostility increased
Princes Avenue, Hull: A German Butcher's Fate
How war affected German immigrants who had livelihoods in Britain
Regent Circus, Wiltshire: Peace Day Riots
Anarchy at Swindon's celebration of war’s end
Bradford, West Yorkshire: Anti-war Demos By Working Class Women
The Bradford Women’s Humanity League was formed ten days after conscription
Crumlin Road Gaol, Belfast: Suffragettes Face War Dilemma
On the outbreak of war four militant suffragettes were imprisoned in Crumlin Road Gaol.
Folkestone, Kent: Birthplace of the White Feather Movement
The women who hounded men that were not serving on the frontline
Aberdeen, Scotland: Dyce Conscientious Objectors Camp
In late 1916, a camp for conscientious objectors was set up at Dyce near Aberdeen.
Ditton Priors, Shropshire: Conscientious Objectors' Camp
The son of a conscientious objector uncovers a moving story
Keir Hardie Hall, Norwich: Keir Hardie’s Last Anti-War Speech
The man who is considered the founding father of the Labour Party
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: Where the Law was Trained for War
12,000 men were to travel from Berkhamsted to fight on the Western Front
Fritchley, Derbyshire: Peaceful Protestors in Prison
The Quaker community that was ostracised for opposing the war
Stratford Town Hall, Warwickshire: War Tribunals
Dealing with men who appealed against conscription























