| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3794
Appeal against conscription of: Matthew Henry Armstrong
Age: 35
Address: West Green, Stokesley
Occupation: Butcher
Local tribunal: Stokesley Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: Matthew Henry Armstrong
Summary of case: One man business I have a business of over twenty years standing I have had it myself over ten years and I have doubled the trade as supply a big percentage of the Farmers round about the district and every house in Newby Village, but one I also supply part of Seamer Village and also a good share of the Town trade. I have a wife and four children and if Im taken from my business it will be to close and I lose all I worked for. The rent, rates and insurance my wife could not pay and keep four children.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 6 Jul 1917 Dismissed |