FULL TEXT: The Richmond Sixteen were a group of conscientious objectors in WWI who were forced to serve in the British military despite their beliefs. Some were allowed to stay on British soil where they would provide non-combative aide to the British forces. However, being opposed to war means being opposed to ALL parts of war.

The Sixteen refused to complete duties or follow orders and were imprisoned in North Yorkshire's Richmond Castle where messages like this, music, and drawings could be found from the Sixteen on their cell walls.

Because they couldn't be executed on British soil for failure to comply, they were sent to the Western Front where they were set to be discharged and sentenced to death.

Read more about these brave men in last Friday's Ancestral Story blog post. #linkinbio

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