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Exemptions from military service in WW1
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Short film about North Lincolnshire farmers Sydney and Arthur Markham (on You Tube)

Recruitment poster outlining Military Service Act 1916

Conscription in WW1 on Spartacus Educational website

BBC People's War - memories of reserved occupations in WW2

About the UK Military Service Act on FirstWorldWar.com

Forces War Records - Search WW1 records of the Front Line and Home Front

English Heritage: WW1 Attitudes to Conscientious Objectors

BBC Bitesize: Impact of Recruitment and Conscription

BBC News: Military Service Tribunals