HC Deb 13 July 1916 vol 84 cc536-7
96. Mr. JOWETT

asked what will be the respective positions in regard to the possibility of being exposed to the death penalty in the event of disobedience to military orders in France or elsewhere on active service of two brothers, named Whipp, both reared in the same household under precisely similar influence, holding the same views concerning military ser-vice, and both conscientious objectors, one of whom was sent into the Army as a combatant and the other as a non-combatant by the Appeal Tribunal at Manchester, of which Sir William Cobbett is chairman?

Mr. FORSTER

I can only refer the hon. Member to Section 9 of the Army Act.