| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4366
Appeal against conscription of: Alexander Eustace R Whitley
Age: 39
Address: Hummershill Farm, Marske by Sea
Occupation: Farm worker
Local tribunal: Guisborough Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation e) exempt occupation
Appellant: Alexander E R Whitley
Summary of case: The appellant in his appeal to the local tribunal had said that he was previously a journalistic artist but had to give it up eight years ago due to suffering from neurasthenia. He had since worked on a farm of 25 acres where the three sons were in the Army and he was the only man. He had medical certificates testify to his physical condition for over 12 years. The local tribunal dismissed the appeal and recommended him for clerical work. In their evidence to the North Riding Appeal Tribunal the local tribunal understood this man was wanted by the Paymaster at York and that he had been offered a situation there to do clerical work. He is understood to be of no use at farming work. He repeated the earlier grounds and added that his medical man recommends me to lead a quiet open-air life to prevent more serious consequences. He has undergone the Weir-Mitchell treatment on two occasions already besides having has pneumonia three times
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 26 Oct 1917. Allowed to 31 Jan 1918 |