| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3098
Appeal against conscription of: Bernard Noel Nesbitt
Age: Not stated
Address: St Mary's Mount, Leyburn
Occupation: Bankers clerk
Local tribunal: Leyburn Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: W H C Horsfall, Military Representative
Summary of case: Nesbitt had previously applied for an exemption but this was refused as he had a civil occupation. Nesbitt was suffering from measles and had been ill for two weeks by the time of the tribunal, the court of appeal was at the end of this period and as he was still unwell he sent a telegraph wanting to postpone this hearing and stating a doctors note was being sent. There is a letter from his father the Rev J C Nesbitt confirming that he already had five sons in active service and hospital. Durham Medical Board passed him for A General Service after this illness. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/213]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 14 Apr 1917. Allowed certificate to be varied, exempted to 1 Oct 1917. Military Appeal |