| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1242
Appeal against conscription of: Harold Fletcher
Age: 20
Address: The Grange, Rosedale Abbey, Pickering
Occupation: Horseman
Local tribunal: Pickering Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, b) engaged in different occupation, d) serious hardship, g) exempt occupation.
Appellant: John Fletcher, father
Summary of case: Harold is the elder of two brothers employed on the farm. In the opinion of the local tribunal, his father has let all his other employees go in order to try to protect the two brothers from call up. There is a long appeal citing the father's own poor health and the mother's nervous state at the thought of the call up.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 29 Jul 1916. Allowed exemption to 1 Oct 1916. Afternote: 'The Tribunal's idea was to give exemption until 1 Oct when the other brother is called up and then let him [the other and younger brother] go'. |