Source: File: conscientious objectors at Dyce Camp in
Scotland
where some conscientious objectors were sent to work for about ten hours a day
breaking up rocks. The camp was closed in September 1916 after a man died as a
result of the harsh work conditions.. See an original image at: <http://walesatwar.org/en/theatresofwar/conscientious_objectors>
[Accessed 10 August 2016]
Some months had passed
Into the scheme
of conscription,
Which from the
early days
Of volunteers raised
controversy -
Classes of men,
married and single
Had been
categorized into groups.
One strong
opinion emerged
To be reported
August 1916,
From a clergyman,
who had
Served with
forces in Gallipoli.
Rector of Walcot,
Reverend C. W.
Wilson held nothing back in his views
On conscientious objectors - to state
How such men should lay on bare
Ground, under shells, and blazing sun -
To be shot at, eat chew bully beef
And chew hard biscuits, to be covered
In dirt until unrecognizable - Reverend
Wilson believed that those who refused
To fight were not worthy to be men.
If they did as he described, they would
Be filled by absolution - to see what
Should be a man - as conscientious
Objectors they were devoid of true
Manhood; such is contradiction of faith
And reality of what is true humanity.
By Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Chaplain's
View Of Objectors. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 7 August 1916. P.9. Col.5. Available at:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12212488/Daily-Telegraph-August-7-1916.html>
[Accessed: 10 August 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 10 August 2016).
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