| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1945
Appeal against conscription of: Percy Hart
Age: 27
Address: Ingledene, Sycamore Road, Linthorpe
Occupation: Accountant
Local tribunal: Middlesbrough Borough Council
Central tribunal: Yes, 30 Nov 1916
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: Belk, Cochrane and Belk, Solicitors
Summary of case: The case papers were sent to the Central Tribunal. In a statement from the Clerk of the North Riding Appeal Tribunal to the Central Tribunal he states: The attested man Percy Hart, is single, aged 27, and was employed by a naturalised British subject at the outbreak of war as a confidential clerk. The employer was a German Consul in Middlesbrough, and was engaged in shipping, holding the principal interest in the Rahtken Shipping Company Ltd. After the outbreak of war Mr Rahtken and his son who assisted him in the business were interned in London, whilst his other two sons are believed to be interned in Germany as British subjects, and Hart is the only person left who has any knowledge of Mr Rahtkens private affairs, or of the affairs of the shipping company, of which he is now acting Secretary, and assisting Mr Rahtkens solicitors in looking after his employers private affairs.
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 03 Nov 1916. Dismissed. |