| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1997
Appeal against conscription of: William Knaggs
Age: 40
Address: 1 Springhead, Loftus
Occupation: Coal Merchant
Local tribunal: Loftus Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continuing in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: William Knaggs
Summary of case: He is a sole trader and the business, supplying household coals in Loftus and Skinningrove which he regarded of national importance, would cease if he had to join the army. The local tribunal had previously given him exemptions and having no family was of the opinion that he should now join the army. In his appeal to the North Riding Appeal Tribunal he included information of bouts of pneumonia and pleurisy.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 4 Nov 1916. Allowed exemption to 31 Mar 1917 |