| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3858
Appeal against conscription of: Richard Owen Blair
Age: 31
Address: 5 Beechville Park Road, Norton, Malton
Occupation: Grocer Manager
Local tribunal: Malton Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: DS Blair, father and employer
Summary of case: Appellant states his son is important to the running of his grocery business as he himself spends much of the week travelling selling lard and compounds and concentrated eggs and has a ministerial licence to sell cooking oil and lard compounds. His two other sons are already serving in the army. The local tribunal state in their reasons for their decision that appellant also has another son employed in the same business in an adjacent village and he could assist in the running of the business and allow him to be released.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 14 Jul 1917. Dismissed |