Men of war ww1 mod1/20/2023 “My dear friends, I thought you would like to know some of my experiences among the troops I am stationed at present at Sutton Veny. Jones served as a chaplain to the Wessex Brigade and in military hospitals (probably in the Salisbury area) and army camps at Sutton Veny in 1917, working alongside the Church of England’s Men’s Society, similar to the YMCA.Įlizabeth Hotten’s book Cornwall at War (2008) features some of John Jones’ letters to his parishioners from Sutton Veny camp about his chaplaincy work. A second Act passed in May 1916 extended conscription to married men into the armed forces. Conscientious objectors were also exempted. It exempted the medically unfit, clergymen, teachers and certain classes of industrial workers. In March 1916, the Military Service Act imposed conscription on all single men aged 18 to 41.
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