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urvoice1 20.04.13 - 06:08pm
A memorial recognising the wartime work done by Quakers has been unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Quaker beliefs, among them pacifism, meant that many were unable to serve in the armed forces during wartime. * +

urvoice1 20.04.13 - 06:08pm
Many volunteered to serve in warzones in the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU). Other Quakers served with the Friends Relief Service (FRS), the official relief body of the Religious Society of Friends, which worked at home and in mainland Europe to help civilians in distress. * +

urvoice1 20.04.13 - 06:09pm
Leslie Steed, 94, from Birmingham, who served with the FAU during World War II, said: I would rather have been killed than kill somebody. * +

urvoice1 20.04.13 - 06:11pm
whilst their beliefs meant that they could not sign up and kill, some gave their own life by looking after their fellow man. I salute them * +

cyberman 20.04.13 - 08:00pm
y aint he dead then? * +

suvetar 20.04.13 - 11:17pm
Hero * +

bozzalad 21.04.13 - 12:47am

@ urvoice1 - 20.04.13 - 06:11pm
whilst their beliefs meant that they could not sign up and kill, some gave their own life by looking after their fellow man. I salute them

This * +

iilmadme 21.04.13 - 12:51am
it's great that they are being recognised * +

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