| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4477
Appeal against conscription of: Edward Flinton
Age: 31
Address: 49 Newborough, Scarborough
Occupation: Fruiterer etc.
Local tribunal: Scarborough Borough Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation and d) serious hardship
Appellant: Edward Flinton
Summary of case: My business is owned and managed by me. I have one assistant and an errand boy (when I can get one). The moving about and lifting of crates of fruit and potatoes etc., is too heavy for women. My Wife too is delicate and neither she nor my female assistant knows anything of the wholesale buying of stuff. On the 12 December 1915, I was examined and pronounced medically unfit for military service.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 10 Dec 1917 Dismissed |