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Unit 2, Source 3b - Background information |
Pacifism
Some pacifists, known as absolute conscientious objectors (including
Clifford Allen, Fenner Brockway and Bertrand Russell) rejected any involvement
in the war. Allen and Brockway formed the pressure group, the No-Conscription
Fellowship (NCP). After the Military Service Act was passed in 1916, the
NCP mounted a vigorous campaign against the punishment and imprisonment
of COs. Many appeared before Military Tribunals and were sentenced to
hard labour, over 200 were given prison sentences ranging from 25 years
to life and 17 men were sentenced to death but their sentences were later
commuted.
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