| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1715
Appeal against conscription of: Harry Bean
Age: 36
Address: The Lodge, Aysgarth School, Newton le Willows, Yorkshire
Occupation: Joiner and instructor in joinery and rifle shooting in the school.
Local tribunal: Leyburn Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: Not stated
Appellant: Rev. W. H. Chitty, Headmaster of Aysgarth School
Summary of case: That it to the national interest that Bean should continue to be employed as at present an instructor in joinery and rifle shooting at Aysgarth School, Lord Kitchener in his letter to the Association of Preparatory Schools, as quoted in my appeal to Leyburn local tribunal, stated with regard to preparatory schools expressly whence boys pass out of public schools at 14 years old, and that the staff should not be depleted of men whose absence would adversely affect the work of those schools and the training of their boys as future members of the Officer Training Corps.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 7 Oct 1916 Dismissed |