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Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

T. Corder Catchpool Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Catchpool, T. Corder
Overview T. Corder Catchpool refused any service when the Compulsory Military Service Act was passed in 1916 in Great Britain. He was in prison slightly more than two years, after which he published On Two Fronts: Letters of a Conscientious Objector, a memoir about his experiences during the war and in prison. After World War I, Catchpool became a relief worker, secretary for the Friends International Centre in Berlin, and peace worker. He performed reconciliation work...
Dates: 1914-1952

Waldo Williams Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Williams, Waldo
Overview

Williams was a Welsh poet, war resister,war-tax resister, and conscientious objector in World War II. He became a Quaker in 1953.

Dates: 1942-1998

Alexander Wilson and Edith J. Wilson Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Alexander Wilson and Edith J. Wilson
Abstract

Alexander C. Wilson and Edith J. Wilson were British Quakers.

Dates: 1916-1922