Group of "absolutist" English conscientious objectors during the First World War
Richmond Castle
The Richmond Sixteen were a group of "absolutist" British conscientious objectors during the First World War. Conscripted into the British Army in 1916, they refused to undertake even non-combatant military duties. Brought together at Richmond Castle, Yorkshire, most not knowing each other previously, they were transported to France, where they were court-martialled and formally sentenced to be executed by firing squad, but this sentence was immediately commuted to ten years' penal servitude. They were released in April 1919, several months after the Armistice of 11 November 1918 and a few weeks before the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
The RichmondSixteen were a group of "absolutist" British conscientious objectors during the First World War. Conscripted into the British Army in 1916...
discipline and participate in the war in any way. These included the "RichmondSixteen" who were taken to France from the castle, charged under Field Regulations...
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of suicide prevention training among the staff. All but one of the RichmondSixteen, First World War "absolutist" conscientious objectors Peter Wildeblood...
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they refused orders, they were sent to prison, as in the case of the RichmondSixteen. Some 843 conscientious objectors spent more than two years in prison;...
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their terms in military prison located at Richmond Castle, where they became known as the RichmondSixteen. All were eventually released in 1919. While...
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imprisonment in civilian prisons. However, in the notorious cases of the RichmondSixteen and 19 others, objectors were sent out to France and, when they refused...
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