The China Convoy: What was the right thing to do?

Several members of the Friends Ambulance Unit’s (FAU) China Convoy decided to leave the Unit to join the armed forces. David Brough, whose father Bill was one of those, endeavours to explain their reasons for this decision.

by David Brough 10th May 2013

It may seem curious that having been through the processes of establishing one’s registration as a conscientious objector (CO) and in so doing having endured varying degrees of hostility, a number of FAU members subsequently resigned and joined the armed services. How could these profound convictions, the recognition of which had been so hard fought, be apparently so reversed?