Conscientious Objectors – Page 2 – Everyday Lives in War

A Database of Conscientious Objectors in the First World War

September 24, 2015

An extensive database of conscientious objectors during the First World War which has been compiled by researcher Cyril Pearce over many years is now available to search, free of charge, for those wi...

Researching the Military Tribunals in Warwickshire

September 24, 2015

Phil Spinks is researching the story of the military tribunals in Warwickshire. In this article he explores the way in which his research began and how it has developed over the past 15 years.

Report on Military Tribunals Workshop held 19th September 2015 at Hatf...

September 24, 2015

About 35 people spent a sunny Saturday thinking about the introduction of conscription in 1916 and the work of the military service tribunals. Participants came from Staffordshire, London and Essex, ...

Military Service Tribunals Workshop

September 3, 2015

2016 will see the centenary of the Military Service Act in Great Britain. In anticipation of a heightened interest in conscription, we will be holding a free workshop looking at the challenges faced...

Conscientious Objection and Resistance to the First World War

July 20, 2015

Conscientious Objection and Resistance to the First World War 11.00-17.00 Saturday March 19th 2016. Leeds City Museum, Leeds, UK. As a group interested in aspects of resistance to the First World War...

The War That Wasn’t There…

June 15, 2015

Ever wondered what happens to the odds and ends lying around even in an electronic age – lists of things to do, receipts or notes – and what someone in the future might make of them? This is a story ...

Research in Brief – The female force of conscientious objection ...

April 29, 2015

Contributed by Sonja Tiernan. An Irishwoman in England The reaction to men joining the army or refusing the call to volunteer was intrinsically different in Britain and Ireland. While generally based...

Research in Brief – Seventh-day Adventists and the WWI tribunals...

February 26, 2015

Contributed by Victor Hulbert, Communication director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK & Ireland. John Benefield was both a baker and a Conscientious Objector. Working in an essenti...

Conscientious Objection and Military Tribunals

February 26, 2015

Military Tribunals and the First World War An introduction to their value as a source for the local historian. Contributed by Julie Moore In January 1916 the British Parliament passed the first of th...

Research in Brief – Mail Matters: Post Office Workers and the Fi...

January 18, 2015

by Kathleen McIlvenna, Institute of Historical Research As the twentieth century dawned the Post Office took its place as an integral part of everyday life in Britain. Not only was the ...

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