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Description: | Ts and ms proceedings of a civilian tribunal (2pp) and two military courts (3pp and 6pp) regarding his refusal to serve in the military in any capacity as a conscientious objector, March 1916 – June 1918, including descriptions of his protests against service, his statements of defence explaining in detail how his Christianity prevented him from participating in the war, that war does not bring peace and that taking a non-combatant role would still be a desecration of human life; together with papers giving his status as a non-combatant, a printed copy of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939, a Pitmans shorthand course book and a ts letter (1p, December 1947) granting a German Prisoner of War leave from Scrubs Lane camp, Shepherds Bush, London.
Cataloguer SMR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bradshaw, Herbert | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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