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The Friends' Meeting House ... was packed with some 2,000 young men — the National Convention of the No-Conscription Fellowship. ... Among the 2,000 were many diverse types. The intellectual pietist, slender in figure, delicate in feature and complexion, benevolent in expression was the dominant
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took over from Fenner Brockway as secretary. Marshall was in love with Clifford Allen and, when he was suffering from the effects of imprisonment, she drove herself to the point of exhaustion and Lilla Brockway then resumed the role of secretary in 1917, as she had been provisional secretary in
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minor but troublesome irritant to the authorities, using its surprisingly resilient propaganda machinery to expose brutal or illegal treatment of conscientious objectors as well as to agitate, especially among the industrial working classes, an end to the
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type. These youths were saliently conscious of their own righteousness. ... On the platform were the sympathisers with the movement — exactly the sort of persons you would expect to find at such a meeting — older pacifists and older rebels —
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was the journal of the NCF. The authorities tried to suppress this during the war by following the staff and smashing the presses. Secrecy was maintained and publication continued.
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Cyril Pearce (2004), "'Typical' Conscientious Objectors — A Better Class of Conscience? No-Conscription Fellowship image management and the Manchester contribution 1916–1918",
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in 1916. Branches were established across the country, leaflets were produced and deputations sent to lobby Parliament. They were successful in getting provision for
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Branches were established across the country and the first national convention was held on 27 November 1915 at the
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The founders and other members were jailed for their opposition to conscription. Bertrand Russell took over from
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Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century
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and dismantled the printing press. However the NCF had a secret press and were able to continue publishing.
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Historian Thomas Kennedy says that during the last two years of the war, the NCF remained a:
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had failed to reach an early conclusion. Other prominent supporters included
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in the bill, but opposed the establishment of the army's
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Beatrice Webb (2000), "The No-Conscription fellowship",
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Index


Alfred Salter
Fenner Brockway
Clifford Allen
Edward Grubb
Will Chamberlain
Catherine Marshall
Rev. Leyton Richards
Morgan Jones
Bertrand Russell

pacifist
Fenner Brockway
Clifford Allen
Lilla Brockway
First World War
John Clifford
Bruce Glasier
Hope Squire
Bertrand Russell
Robert Smillie
Philip Snowden
Military Service Act
conscription
conscientious objectors
Non-Combatant Corps
Clifford Allen
Catherine Marshall
A. Barratt Brown
Alfred Salter

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