Collections Guide - West Yorkshire Joint Services

to be conscientious objectors had to face a tribunal to argue their case. Even this clause was not enough forsome who wanted the Act withdrawn in full.The No-Conscription Fellowship was an organisation made up by members of the Socialist IndependentLabour Party and the Quakers. All were charged under the Defence of the Realm Act. They were all fined,and those who decided not to pay were sent to prison (further information can be found at:http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/conscientious_objectors.htm, accessed 22/04/13).(DB65/C1/2/1-68) 1907–1963 Appointment diaries and notebooks of William Hewitt ofQueensbury and the Isle of ManContains information on motorbikes and cars, notes about his business as a drysalter and chemist, notesconcerning the Sunday School and Chapel he attended, business, personal, property and householdaccounts, various medicinal recipes for illnesses, and reasons why he was a conscientious objector in thewar (DB65/C1/2/12, January 1916).(WYB8/2/33) 1916–1918 Archibald Nutter of Myrtle Avenue, Bingley, conscientiousobjectorPapers include certificate of exemption from Military Service Acts, 1916, conditional upon remaining in thecertified occupation of a reed manufacturer; three letters from Bingley UDC regarding his refusal to drill, andletter from the House of Commons regarding ?Harry Sexton, May 1916.(WYB8/2/1) 1917-1918 Autograph book belonging to Norman Sanctuary signed byfellow conscientious objectors at Dartmoor Convict PrisonAutograph book belonging to Norman Sanctuary (born 1879), signed by fellow conscientious objectors(mainly Independent Labour Party and other socialists) at Dartmoor Convict Prison.