| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2962
Appeal against conscription of: Harry Smith
Age: 18
Address:12 Potter Hill, Pickering
Occupation: Timber trade
Local tribunal: Pickering Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: Laura Smith, mother
Summary of case: Mother states this boy suffers from severe muscular rheumatism and is a sleepwalker. Presently unfit to work in the timber trade leading pit props. Local tribunal states previously recommended for non-combatant service before changing to conditional exemption on his remaining in work of national importance. Since that date he appears to have done practically no work and as the local tribunal are not satisfied that he is unfit for work he has allowed the appeal of the military representative.
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 9 Mar 1917 Dismissed. |