| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3574
Appeal against conscription of: Michael Healey
Age: 31
Address: 26 Soppit Street, Redcar
Occupation: Grocers' branch manager
Local tribunal: Eston Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal:
Appellant: A Bouskill, Director, Gallons Ltd, employer
Summary of case: Healey is employed as the manager of the South Bank branch by a company with headquarters in Leeds. They argued that they have proved that ladies are not sufficiently trained to manage a branch and were seeking to retain one man for each branch. The local tribunal decided that the shop can easily be managed by a woman and that the applicant was not indispensable and granted temporary exemption to 4 June 1917. He had already enrolled for national service and it was his employer who was appealing against the decision of the local tribunal..
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 18 May 1917. Withdrawn. |