| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3816
Appeal against conscription of: John Sanderson
Age: 35
Address: 7 Whitby Road, Loftus
Occupation: General carter
Local tribunal: Loftus Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: John Sanderson
Summary of case: I have for some time been carting for the hutments for Messrs McAlpines. Now it tis finished I have been asked by Messrs Bell Bros. Ltd. Of Lumpsey Mines Pit to do their carting work and I am fully engaged in doing this, carting timber for pit props. This work is likely to last a long time and there are three pits to keep going, Lumpsey, Carlin Howe and Kilton
..It has taken me some seven years to get together and if I have to go it means selling up everything I have and there is no-one to carry it on. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/4368, NRCC/CL 9/1/4936, NRCC/Cl 9/1/5769]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 6 Jul 1917. Allowed. Decision of local tribunal varied. Exemption to 1 Oct 1917 conditional on remaining in present occupation loading timber for mines. |