| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3341
Appeal against conscription of: Lewis Ridsdale
Age: 22
Address: St George's Place, The Mount
Occupation: Motor Lorry Driver
Local tribunal: York City Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: Norman Green & Sons Ltd, employer
Summary of case: The employer states that the man is indispensable if they area to continue trading. He is the only man who can drive the heavy goods vehicles which are too heavy for women to handle. He was told to apply to the substitution officer for a driver but was told no one was capable of driving such vehicles. His employee is on the Army list for services in an emergency and had been released for service in the army two years before but turned down at the time as being medically unfit having had rheumatic fever twice. The tribunal states that a substitute may be found and women are driving many vans in York
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 10 Apr 1917 Dismissed. Not to be called up before the 1 May 1917 |