| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 344
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas Robert Goodswen
Age: 26 years and 6 months
Address: 5 West Terrace, Redcar
Occupation: Café proprietor and baker
Local tribunal: Redcar Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship, f) conscientious objection
Appellant: Thomas Robert Goodswen
Summary of case: He helps his mother run a hotel and refreshment business and is essential to it. Also his conscience as a Christian worker would not allow of my taking any part in the shedding of blood. The local tribunal had exempted him from combatant service on conscientious grounds but he was appealing for complete exemption. The North Riding appeal tribunal did not alter the original decision. [See also NRCC/CL/9/1/343 and NRCC/CL/9/1/927]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 7 Apr 1916. Withdrawn. |