The British Second World War conscientious objector is an oft forgotten figure, overshadowed in both historiography and popular culture by his First World War counterpart. This article begins to rectify that omission. Focusing on objectors conscripted to the British Army’s Non-Combatant Corps (NCC) the article uses a combination of oral history and official records to explore the lived experiences of those British men who objected to taking up arms. It shows that there were still those who sought to effectively punish objectors and communities who openly shunned the pacifist soldiers working in their midsts. For many objectors were still considered shirkers and cowards who had fundamentally rejected a key part of their male duty. However, this is only part of the story. Men entered the NCC as much as volunteers as by force. Indeed, their experiences were marked as much by knowing negotiation, their own and the army’s, as by hostility. This article argues that attitudes towards COs were much more complex and fluid than the simple overt aggression displayed during the First World War. As such this article has important implications regarding the understandings of not only conscientious objection but also notions of masculinity and duty during the Second World War.

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“康奇军团”：1940 年至 1945 年英国军队中的冲突、妥协和良心拒服兵役

英国第二次世界大战的良心拒服兵役者是一个经常被遗忘的人物，在历史编纂和流行文化中都被他的第一次世界大战对手所掩盖。本文开始纠正这一疏漏。这篇文章以被征召到英国陆军非战斗部队 (NCC) 的反对者为重点，结合口述历史和官方记录，探讨了那些反对拿起武器的英国人的生活经历。它表明，仍然有人试图有效惩罚反对者和公开回避在他们中间工作的和平主义士兵的社区。因为许多反对者仍然被认为是逃避和懦夫，他们从根本上拒绝了他们男性职责的一个关键部分。然而，这只是故事的一部分。男性和志愿者一样多地进入 NCC。确实，他们的经历以了解谈判、他们自己的和军队的以及敌意为标志。本文认为，与第一次世界大战期间表现出的简单公开侵略相比，对 CO 的态度更为复杂和多变。因此，本文不仅对出于良心拒服兵役的理解还有对二战期间男子气概和责任概念的理解具有重要意义。