Does anyone know where I can get hold of information on COs? I'm particularly looking for personal accounts of experiences, but also any other archives or historical sources. Is it possible to read transcripts of tribunals?

you couls try the imperial war museum, or local court records. my uncle was c.o in ww11, it was the cause of a rift between my father and his brother that was never resolved. from 1039 when my father lied a year onto his age to join up, until; my fathers death in 1993, the two of them never spoke to each other.

We found out about our Ancestor who was a concientious objector through a news article.He was one of the Richmonmd 16 who were imprisoned in Richmond Castle in Yorkshire. The original article was in the Guardian newspaper . My ancestor eventually threw himself into the Ouse and drowned

My father was a CO in the second World war, a reaction to losing his father in WW1??he documented his experiences, made very interesting reading.A subject i have rread little about.

Thanks for your information all of you. I'll investigate the Richmond 16. Does anyone know where I could get info such as JillyTilly's father's memoirs, but for WW1?

You will find information about conscientious objection at http://www.ppu.org.uk/cos/
In Tavistock Sq, London you can see a CO memorial stone erected by the Peace Pledge Union a few years ago at which we remember CO world wide on International CO Day May 15th.
If you want specific information about family members that are/were COs you can contact me directly jan@ppu.org.uk. We also welcome information about for our archives. At the moment we are embarking on a video project to record COs experience for posterity and possibly for use as an educational tool.