| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 254
Appeal against conscription of: Robert Pennock
Age: 21
Address: 55 Eastgate, Pickering
Occupation: Pig dealer
Local tribunal: Pickering Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation d) serious hardship
Appellant: Elizabeth Pennock, mother, widow and employer
Summary of case: Robert Pennock is indispensable for his mothers business and maintenance. The local tribunal stated Appellant is a widow partially dependent upon her son with a grown up daughter at home and the tribunal think that financially she will be very little the worse off with a dependents separation allowance than with her son at home.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 29 Mar 1916. Dismissed. Exemption for 1 day |