| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2979
Appeal against conscription of: William Jackson
Age: 36
Address: 12 Hawthorne Terrace, New Earswick
Occupation: Analytical chemist
Local tribunal: Flaxton Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: William Jackson
Summary of case: On account of a delicate wife and four small children. My wife was confined in November 1916. She had a bad confinement, the child having to be removed by instruments, Haemorrhage set in, and on account of this she is now very weak and anaemic. She is a native of Jamaica, and since residing in England, has always been ailing during the winter months. During the six years she has been in England I have paid £70 in Drs fees, chiefly on account of my wifes illnesses. As a result of infantile paralysis she is lame and is not able to get about much. During the last few years she has suffered from extroversion of the womb, this also prevents her from doing any laborious work. As a consequence of these defects I have to assist my wife in the harder portions of her household duties. The papers include a doctor's letter.
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 9 Mar 1917. Dismissed (not to be called up until 1 Apr 1917) |