Matching Pairs Key Stats conscientious objectors- WW1Online version Key Stats conscientious objectors- WW1 by Elodie Robert-Christensen 1 14 000 2 1500 3 6000 4 73 5 7000 6 1400 Scots claimed exemption from military service as conscientious objectors and appeared before a tribunal agreed to perform non-combat duties, often as stretcher-bearers in the front line conscientious objectors appeared before tribunals died because of the treatment they received. men refused all military service. These men were called absolutists conscientious objectors were court martialled and sent to prison