Conscientious Objectors
The individuals who made a stand against conscription
Boslandew House, Paul: Quakers in Mousehole
How pacifists treated the wounded and even served on the frontline against their beliefs
Weirleigh, Kent: War Poet Sassoon’s Childhood Home
The patriotic war poet who soon became an objector to WW1
St Ive, Cornwall: Birthplace of a Pacifist who Appealed for Peace
A heroine forgotten in Britain but honoured abroad for her efforts to end injustice
Princetown, Devon: Prison of Protest
Prison, protest and the people objecting to war
City Hall, Norwich: The Pacifist
The sheriff who was jailed for conscientious objection
Wandsworth Prison, London: Where Military Prisoners and Conscientious Objectors were Held
Part of Wandsworth Prison was given up to the military in World War One
Cadbury World, Birmingham: Family at War
As Quakers, the Cadbury family faced a dilemma when war broke out
Caernarfon Prison, North Wales: Jailed for Refusing to Kill
Being an Objector wasn’t an easy option. It meant imprisonment and hard labour.
Crafton Street, Leicester: Hotbed for Conscientious Objection
Before conscription Leicester had a low rate of volunteering compared to other cities
Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire: Defying Law of the Land
Among the first in the country to defy conscription on moral grounds and imprisoned here
Guildhall, York: Tied to a Barbed Wire Fence
The story of the resistance and hardship faced by York’s conscientious objectors
Ditton Priors, Shropshire: Conscientious Objectors' Camp
The son of a conscientious objector uncovers a moving story
Wakefield, Yorkshire: Arthur Gardiner, a Conscientious Objector
Wakefield Prison was used as a work centre to deal with conscientious objectors
HMP Winchester, Hampshire: The Objectors' Secret Newsletter
The secret newsletter written on toilet paper for objectors of the war
Aberdeen, Scotland: Dyce Conscientious Objectors Camp
In late 1916, a camp for conscientious objectors was set up at Dyce near Aberdeen.
Selly Oak, Birmingham: Conscientious Objectors Unite
Douglas Maynard mentored protestors of the war via letters that have been uncovered
