| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3120
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas William Ryder
Age: 38
Address: North End, Osmotherley
Occupation: Mechanic
Local tribunal: Northallerton Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: Thomas William Ryder
Summary of case: Was previously a loom mechanic at the Mill in Osmotherley, Ryder currently works at the Electric Powers Works in Northallerton. He looks after his bedridden father, his mother is dead. If he is called up he will be forced to put his father in the Workhouse. The local tribunal states as Ryder already travels such long distances to work and is employed for long hours better arrangements could be made for the comfort of an invalid father.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 20 Mar 1917. Dismissed. |