Changes during WW2

• In WW2, COs were offered alternative occupations such as farm work. Prison was generally seen as a last resort.
• Members of an organisation called the Peace Pledge Union, who posted anti-war posters, were put on trial, but their case was dismissed by the judge.
• However, public opinion could still be hostile to those who refused to fight. Some COs were verbally abused in public, and some lost their jobs.