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WALTER ACTON 1889 - ? | |||||
Little is known about this man at present. Any information you may have would be welcome and we would be pleased to add it to this page. The following is a brief outline of what happened to most COs at the start of their resistance to war. Dealing with conscientious objectors was a new and confusing situation for the authorities and the Army. After a few days when his absence was noted he would be visited by a policeman, arrested, and taken first to the recruiting office and then to the police station, where he probably spend the night in a cell. The next day he would be brought before the magistrate. The police or a recruiting officer offered evidence of his liability to serve, and the , now, prisoner again declared his conscientious objection. He would be fined for failing to report under the Military Service Act, and handed over to a military escort, which would take him to the barracks to which he had first been ordered to report. There he was required to change into uniform, to sign his paybook and generally submit to routine orders. If such orders were refused he would be charged with disobeying a lawful command and placed in the guardroom.
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