| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3676
Appeal against conscription of: Ernest Harold Smith
Age: 34
Address: 114 Westgate, Pickering
Occupation: Acting Assistant Superintendent
Local tribunal: Pickering Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, c) education or training, d) serious hardship, e) exempt occupation
Appellant: JA Robinson, Assurance Superintendent
Summary of case: Smith collects insurance in a very wide area. With so many men called up from the company Robinson believes that Smith is doing work of national importance and is in a certified occupation. Smith also trains people to do this work. He has been passed BII fit. The Tribunal finds that Smith is not in a certified occupation and another employee in Pickering, a woman, can do the work.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 4 Jun 1917. Dismissed, but not to be called up before 1 July 1917. |