conscientous objectors

• some people objected to the war on moral grounds, for example, belief in the idea that killing was wrong

  
  

  some soldiers became conscientious objectors after their experience of the fighting

  
  

  some thought it was wrong to fight because Scotland and the UK was not being directly threatened
• some people believed that peace should be achieved by negotiation not fighting

  
  

  some people had political ideas which meant they believed the war was a rich man’s fight, for example, socialism

  
  

  some people belonged to religious groups who were pacifists, for example, the Quakers