No-Conscription Fellowship

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The No-Conscription Fellowship (NCF); British anti-draft organization, founded in 1914 by pacifists Clifford Allen and Fenner Brockway and others. When compulsory registration was enforced in Great Britain in August 1915, the members of the NCF issued a common statement, expressing their determination not to serve in the military or to be involved in war work. When the first Military Service Bill was introduced, the NCF distributed over a million leaflets and organized hundreds of meetings. It had ten thousand members, with branches established all over the country. Prominent people involved with the NCF included Walter Ayles, H. Runham Brown, Bertrand Russell, Henry Hodgkin and Edith Ellis. In 1919, the Conscription Act was repealed and all imprisoned conscientious objectors were gradually released; the NCF disbanded around 1919.

From the description of Collection, 1914-1920. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 64387351

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988. Interview with Fenner Brockway. Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
referencedIn Asquith Dalton papers, 1971 GB 206 Leeds University Library
referencedIn Interview with Fenner Brockway, 1975 GB 206 Leeds University Library
referencedIn Berkman, Alexander, 1870-1936. Papers, 1917-1919. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Playne, Caroline Elizabeth, 1907-1924 Senate House Library (University of London)
referencedIn Alexander Berkman Papers, 1917-1919 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Andrew White papers, 1911-1989 GB 206 Leeds University Library
creatorOf No-Conscription Fellowship. Collection, 1914-1920. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Aylmer Rose collection, 1915-1978 GB 206 Leeds University Library
referencedIn John Sadler papers, 1919-1985 GB 206 Leeds University Library
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associatedWith Berkman, Alexander, 1870-1936. person
associatedWith Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988. person
associatedWith Dalton, Asquith Archie person
associatedWith Playne, Caroline Elizabeth, 1857-1948 person
associatedWith Rose, Aylmer R. M. person
associatedWith Sadler, John George person
associatedWith Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith White, Andrew E. C. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Great Britain
Subject
Conscientious objectors
Draft
World War, 1914-1918
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Active 1914

Active 1920

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