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Happened Conscientious Objectors Ww1 Ww2 Refusing Fight Crime

Front What happened to Conscientious Objectors in WW1 and WW2?
Back - in 1916 refusing to fight became a crime due to the Military Service Act and could be imprisoned as well as losing your vote till 1922
- in WW2, prison was a last resort with a greater understanding or religous beliefs but the poblic treated them with hostility and were subkect to attacks and could be sacked

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