THE MEN WHO SAID NO | ROAD TO CONSCRIPTION | CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION | PRISONS | SENTENCED TO DEATH | TRIBUNALS | WIDER CONTEXT | INDEX
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THE MEN WHO SAID NO | ROAD TO CONSCRIPTION | CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION | PRISONS | SENTENCED TO DEATH | TRIBUNALS | WIDER CONTEXT | INDEX |
| ALBERT ERNEST STONE 1890 - |
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| Albert Stone was one of the few Conscientious Objectors who managed to successfully desert from the army and remain free for the duration of the war. After the Islington Tribunal granted him Exemption from Combatant Service Only, he was determined not to be forced into the Non-Combatant Corps and deserted at Newhaven barracks in December 1916. He was not recaptured by the army and eventually returned to life as normal after the war. Many COs were helped to stay free by sympathetic supporters and an informal network of groups and individuals moved COs between houses, jobs and hostels, helping in this small way to undermine the authority of the Military over men they had no legal right to control.
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