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'The St Albans City Military Service Tribunal: Conscription, Conscience and Commerce' a presentation given by Julie Moore and Maggy Douglas

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At more than 100 sittings, the city’s tribunal considered applications for exemption from conscription from 1,050 men. Using the tribunal minute books and registers together with extensive reports in the local newspaper, this talk assesses how the tribunal dealt with the controversy of the city’s 23 conscientious objectors as well as the hundreds …