| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4231
Appeal against conscription of: Bertie Pickup
Age: 28
Address: Peaseholme Rise, Scarborough
Occupation: Accounts Clerk
Local tribunal: Scarborough Borough 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: F C Gardiner, employer
Summary of case: The local tribunal refused Pickups application as they felt that his employer had been given adequate time to train a substitute but stated that he was not to be called up before 1 November 1917. Gardiner then appealed against this decision stating that as an attested man Pickup is indispensable to the carrying on of various work which I have to do in my extensive practice of an Incorporated Accountant.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 24 Sep 1917. Allowed to 31 March 1918. |