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