Don't judge a book...

Do you remember that episode of "Dad's Army" where Pt Godfrey is ostracised by Captain Mainwaring and most of the platoon when it is revealed that he was a conscientious objector in the First World War, only for them to later discover that he joined The Royal Army Medical Corps as a stretcher bearer and was awarded the Military Medal for rescuing wounded soldiers under fire at the Battle of the Somme.  I wonder whether the script writer had in mind William Coltman, a Midland lad,  who has the distinction of being the most highly decorated soldier (as opposed to officer) of the First World War (VC, DCM & Bar, MM & Bar) even though, like Godfrey, he was a conscientious objector and won his awards for "conspicuous bravery, initiative and devotion to duty"  as a stretcher bearer.