Conscientious objector cartoon, WWI
Out of the frying pan - pathetic plight of unconscientious conscientious objector who learns in the Press that he may be put on to minesweeping. Conscription was introduced in Britain in March 1916 and conscientious objectors went before a Military Service Tribunal. They were generally, by this point in World War One, viewed unsympathetically
Picture No
10639958
Media ID
46659182
Size
3600px x 5211px
(2.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Cartoon by J H Dowd in The Bystander', 9th February 1916
Date
1916
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