| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1991
Appeal against conscription of: Charles Frederick Durham
Age: 32
Address: 8 East Street, Loftus
Occupation: Market Gardener
Local tribunal: Loftus Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continuing in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: Charles Fredrick Durham
Summary of case: He is a market gardener supplying the camp at Catterick Bridge with vegetables and considered this an exempt occupation. He also supported his widowed Mother, aged 68 and his crippled brother, aged 40 who he had to lift around the house. This enabled his brother to partly support himself by using a knitting machine. This would cease. He requested permission to appeal to the Central tribunal.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 4 Nov 1916. Dismissed |