| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1970
Appeal against conscription of: Joseph Fearnley
Age: 40
Address: 111 High Street, Brotton
Occupation: Grocer etc
Local tribunal: Skelton and Brotton Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act 1916
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: Joseph Fearnley
Summary of case: The business is carried on at present by my wife, myself and two girls. The bulk of the buying falls to me and the others have not sufficient experience to qualify them to carry on this part of the business. Under these circumstances if I am called up for military service my business so far as I can see will have to be wound up, and this would involve me in very serious hardship as I should then have lost a living for myself and my wife which has taken nine years in the making.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 4 Nov 1916. Allowed Exemption to 31 Mar 1917. |