DERBY conscientious objectors of the First World War are among 50 who have been remembered in a ceremony in London today.
The event in Tavistock Square was part of this year's International Conscientious Objectors' Day.
Chloe Mason, together with sister Deidrie and over from Australia, were there to remember their great grandmother, Alice Wheeldon, who was famously imprisoned after being found guilty of conspiring to poison then Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
She said: "We were also there for her son, William Marshall Wheeldon, and daughter, Hettie Wheeldon, who was the secretary of the No Conscription Fellowship for Derby.
Overall, there were an estimated 20,000 conscientious objectors to the First World War, many motivated by religious faith, many by political and socialist convictions, and often by a combination of these beliefs.
The ceremony was organised by the First World War Peace Forum – a coalition made up of Conscience, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Network for Peace, Pax Christi, Peace News, Peace Pledge Union, Quaker Peace and Social Witness, the Right to Refuse to Kill group and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
