WW1 Stories: Shunned war objector who became Honorary Freeman | ITV News

While thousands of men fought in the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War, thousands more were engaged in their own battle back home.

Conscientious Objectors had to prove to authorities that their refusal to enlist was because of a genuine objection to war, rather than an act of cowardice.

As part of ITV Calendar's series of films in the run up to the WWI Armistice Day centenary, Michael Billington has the story of a Huddersfield man who went from war 'rebel' to being a respected pillar of the community.