| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1515
Appeal against conscription of: Alfred William Shaw
Age: 28
Address: Wrelton, Pickering
Occupation: Felling timber
Local tribunal: Pickering Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: g) exempt occupation
Appellant: R O M Surnett, employer
Summary of case: The appellant states that his employee is indispensable to the firm fulfilling contracts for Yorkshire and Tyneside. He has not been able to source other capable men for the work he has in hand. Other men he has employed have been less skilled or unskilled workers, over age or medically unfit. He has 50 acres to work and deliveries to make which have been slow owing to the scarcity of labour.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 2 Sep 1916. Dismissed |