| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 172
Appeal against conscription of: Edwin Irvng Bowe
Age:23
Address: Crosby House, Hawes
Occupation: Chemists assistant
Local tribunal: Aysgarth Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No:
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: e) exempt occupation
Appellant: O R Bowe - grandfather
Summary of Case: Bowe claims his grandson is indispensable to family business of family dispensing and agricultural chemist which is a reserved occupation. Appellants wife has been ill for 5 months. Edwin could not be replaced by a woman as she would be of little use in agricultural dispensing.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 28 Mar 1916. Dismissed |