Max Plowman (1883-1941) was a British writer, poet and pacifist. Feeling obliged to play a role he reluctantly enlisted with the Territorial Field Ambulance in Dec. 1914, later accepting a commission in the infantry. In Jan. 1917 he was sent home to convalesce, suffering from shell shock. Becoming increasingly opposed to a continuation of war, in Jan. 1918 he asked to be relieved of his commission on the grounds of conscientious objection. Court martialled, he was dismissed from the Army but avoided a prison sentence.
