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