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About The Pearce Registerof British WW1 Conscientious Objectors. This collection provides the details of around 18,000 individuals who refused conscription to the British armed services during the First World War on grounds of conscience - known as ‘Conscientious Objectors’.
A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service " [1] on the grounds of freedom of conscience or religion. [2] The term has also been extended to objecting to working for the military–industrial complex due to a crisis of conscience. [3]
Browse Discovery, our catalogue, for sample documents and nominal lists of conscientious objectors during and after the Second World War in LAB 45. These are arranged by surname. Records of...
1 de may. de 2024 · Conscientious objector, one who opposes bearing arms or who objects to any type of military training and service. Although all objectors take their position on the basis of conscience, they may have varying religious, philosophical, or political reasons for their beliefs.
September 24, 2015 ELIW News Archive. 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 wishing to explore the story of their family or community.
5 de mar. de 2007 · The National Registry provides men and women of all ages with an opportunity to register their objection to personal, national, and international violence. As a concept, conscientious objection was co-opted by the military who gave itself the power to grant or withhold official status as a “C.O.”.
