| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2909
Appeal against conscription of: Frederick George Wardle
Age:40
Address: Ravensworth Richmond Yks
Occupation: Builder and Innkeeper
Local tribunal: Richmond 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
Appellant: F. G. Wardle
Summary of case: The appellant begs to appeal from the decision of the Richmond Rural Tribunal who has refused him a further exemption. He is an innkeeper and builder. He has half a dozen small contracts on hand for repair work. He is also the landlord of the "Hare and Hounds" at Ravensworth. The appellants wife is delicate and on that account cannot manage the Inn alone She has no family. The appellant has £40 or £50 worth of scaffolding, building material etc. on hand He asks for a little more time to complete his contracts and reduce his building stock so as to lessen his loss which he will suffer on joining up. Appellant is 41 years of age next June. ' There were three masons from this village and the local tribunal very carefully considered all three cases together and decided that this man and J. S. Atkinson could be spared and gave exemption to the third man as he did not pass fit for general service.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 24 Feb 1917, Dismissed |