| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2095
Appeal against conscription of: Walter James White
Age: 37
Address: Ampleforth, Malton [address on forms is also 6 Wilton Crescent, York]
Occupation: Grocer and draper
Local tribunal: Helmsley Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: Walter James White
Summary of case: Having a grocery and drapery business at Ampleforth, which to give up at the present time would be a big loss to me and now having been employed in national work, with the Army Ordnance Depot, Fulford Road, York, with whom I was before the compulsory act came into operation to try and keep my business together until after the war. No doubt your Mr W Pearson or some other gentleman of the tribunal will know by near [sic] how I am situated.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 13 Nov 1916. Dismissed |