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‘War is organised murder’ Harry Patch, longest-lived British ‘Tommy’, died 2009, aged 111

Some men and women opposed the war for religious, political or moral reasons. Their opposition took many forms, including demonstrations, refusal to fight, and art and poetry. The government often met protests with harsh punishment.