| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2630
Appeal against conscription of: Richard Stephenson
Age: 28
Address: Kirkgate, Thirsk
Occupation: Master builder and contractor
Local tribunal: Thirsk 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: Richard Stephenson
Summary of case: North Riding Appeal Tribunal had granted exemption to 1 Jan 1917. Stephenson has appealed for an extension of this exemption. Stephenson is a self-employed builder and contractor who owns his own business and lives with his nearly blind, ill, widowed mother, paying the rent and rates on her house. His two brothers, one in the army, the other the father of six children, offer no support. Richardson employs a bricklayer, a cripple, who is exempted from military service. He states that there is more business available locally than he can complete. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/1404]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 20 Jan 1917. Allowed to 31 Mar 1917. Final |