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Conscientious objector Henry Firth died in a work camp on Dartmoor, England, triggering a strike over living conditions.
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Conscientious objector
Person refusing military service on moral grounds
A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or religion. The term has also been extended to objecting to working for the military–industrial complex due to a crisis of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Henry Firth
British conscientious objector (1888–1918)
Henry William Firth was a British conscientious objector during the First World War. He was a shoemaker and Methodist preacher who objected to serving in the war on account of his faith. Firth served a term of imprisonment in HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs after refusing to be…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)