One hundred years ago Pacifism in WW1
Feb 23, 2016
One hundred years ago
Pacifism in WW1
Pacifism in WW1
• BEF was a volunteer army in 1914;
• Conscription introduced in 1916;
• Rise in conscientious objectors; 16,000 in WW1, called ‘conchies’
• Some served as non-combatants
• On the home front a rise in pacifist organisations like the Women’s Peace Crusade;
• After the war, greater recognition of pacifism as a religious and political stance.
Dick Sheppard• Born 2nd September 1880,
Windsor;• Anglican Priest and Army
Chaplain (1915);• Started the social outreach
work at St Martin’s in the Fields, London;
• Established the Peace Pledge Union in 1936.
• Died 31st October 1937
Geoffrey A Studdert Kennedy
• Known as ‘Woodbine Willie’;
• Born 27th June 1883, Leeds;
• Anglican Priest and Army Chaplain (1915-1919);
• Awarded MC in 1917;• Worked for the Industrial
Christian Fellowship;• Died 8th March 1929
Arnold Wynne
• A master at Silcoates School 1902-3;
• Quaker and pacifist;• Lecturer at the
University of Cape Town;• Served in the RAMC and
then as a officer in the• King’s Liverpool
Regiment
‘The conviction came home to him that the only way to peace was by war’Christian World, 1917
The Gospel of Peace
• ‘Not peace at any price but love and all cost’.(Dick Sheppard)