| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3043
Appeal against conscription of: George Herbert Woodhouse
Age: 38
Address: Grasmere, Seamer Road, Scarborough
Occupation: Working partner in North Eastern Window Cleaning Co also Tobacconist and Stationer
Local tribunal: Scarborough Borough Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship, e) ill health or infirmity
Appellant: George Herbert Woodhouse
Summary of case: As well as tobacconist, Woodhouse also ran a busy window cleaning business. When he attested in 1915 he had been rejected for service on medical grounds, chronic asthma, but, after the implementation of the Military Service Act, they re-categorised him. Woodhouse had been given time to wind up his business, to 14 Mar 1917. The local tribunal justified their decision: Window Cleaning in the present state of the Country is not an essential occupation. and that he had had enough time to wind up his business.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 14 Mar 1917: Dismissed but not to be called up before 14 Apr 1917. |