Quaker tribute to Richmond sixteen

Peace witness remembered on Sunday 30 June

Meeting for Worship at Richmond Castle | Photo: Photo: Michael Wright.

The peace witness of sixteen conscientious objectors who were imprisoned in Richmond Castle in 1916 was remembered on Sunday 30 June by British Quakers.  A group of Friends visited the cells where the men were imprisoned and also held an open-air Meeting for Worship in the castle grounds.

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