| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3582
Appeal against conscription of: Charles Herbert Lockwood
Age: 35
Address: Victoria House, Coatham
Occupation: Printer's manager etc
Local tribunal: Redcar Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: Agnes Nicholls, employer
Summary of case: .The local tribunal did not accept that he was indispensable to the business, feeling that an older man could replace him. Agnes Nicholls disagreed and appealed to their decision: Man doing work for younger married man released. In a reserved occupation (Stone hand and maker up) All eligible men in the firm have joined up. Included in the appeal is a statement on another appeal form stating that the military representative made misleading statements which have been repudiated since by the Chairman of the local tribunal, and which could not help but prejudice the decision.[See also NRCC/CL 9/1/3583]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 18 May 1917. Dismissed. |