| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2530
Appeal against conscription of: Percy Clifford Honeyman
Age: 35
Address: West House, Hutton Rudby
Occupation: Butcher
Local tribunal: Stokesley Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation d) serious hardship e) exempt occupation
Appellant: Percy Clifford Honeyman
Summary of case: The appellant states that is the only butcher's shop to supply the villages and houses within four miles. At the commencement of the war his two men joined the Army and since then he has no assistance. He has had to do all his own buying, slaughtering, dressing, cutting and delivering. He cannot possibly get a substitute. The business will have to close
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 12 Jan 1917. Dismissed. Decision of local tribunal to stand |