| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3579
Appeal against conscription of: Harry George Relton
Age: 32
Address: 9 Alfred Street, Redcar
Occupation: Fish dealer and munitions worker
Local tribunal: Redcar Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: Harry George Relton
Summary of case: He had been rejected as medically unfit in December 1915 and had then started a fish shop as well as working at Warrenby munitions works. The local tribunal had dismissed his application hence his appeal to the North riding Appeal Tribunal. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/2174, NRCC/CL 9/1/4458, NRCC/CL 9/1/5587, NRCC/CL 9/1/5765]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 18 May 1917. Allowed. Temporary exemption to 31 October 1917. Subsequent correspondence indicates that the Appeal Tribunal was not prepared to allow him to work part time at the munitions work so that he could devote more time to his shop and a newly opened branch. |