| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2723
Appeal against conscription of: James Henry Alderson
Age: 31
Address: Rookstone, Stockton Lane, York
Occupation: Fat refiner
Local tribunal: Flaxton Rural 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, g) exempt occupation
Appellant: W & K E T Wilkinson, solicitors acting for J H Alderson
Summary of case: I carry on in partnership with my father James Mason Alderson
..We make and sell edible fat or dripping for fried fish shops, pastry making and general cooking. Our fish shop customers in York supply 1250 suppers nightly on an average////We supply three leather works with grease, one of which specialises in driving belts, necessary for munitions works
..We deal with all the tubercular fat for the York Health Committee
We breed and feed 40-50 pigs per year for food
.work is done entirely by myself and my father. We have no employees
it is not possible to carry on without me. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/2067]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 27 Jan 1917. Allowed 31 Jul 1917 |