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 |
| WILLIAM ALFRED WARD 1895 |
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| Conscientious Objectors were unpopular with some soldiers. In rare cases, this could lead to brutal treatment. William Ward was a “brutality case” - a CO who had been beaten and attacked by soldiers during his time in military custody. He had been granted Exemption from Combatant Service only by the Stoke Newington Tribunal in March 1916, suggesting he was one of the first COs that the Tribunal had seen. William was an absolutist, who refused to take any part in the war and was sent to prison. He was recommended for the Home Office Scheme and was transferred from prison to Dartmoor Work Camp. Arriving at Yelverton rail station near Dartmoor, he was attacked by a group of soldiers and savagely beaten. COs often faced shocking brutality from soldiers and prison warders sent to guard them. William became a victim of a brutal and dehumanising system that saw COs as worthless and worthy of violent abuse.
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