| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 450
Appeal against conscription of: Jonathan Oliver Kearsley
Age: 40 years 3 months
Address: Market Place, Northallerton
Occupation: Chemist
Local tribunal: Northallerton Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship, e) exempt occupation
Appellant: Henry Fairburn, employer
Summary of Case: Employed as an assistant to a dispensing chemist and optician whose business is to dispense prescriptions under the National Insurance Act. His employer commented that this dispensing we undertook to do on the understanding that we should not be deprived of our assistants. In addition to this his employer undertook voluntary work dispensing for the Red Cross and Rutson Hospital. He dispensed 750 prescriptions every month and required a competent assistant to help him. Employer was unable to find a female or secure a chemist over military age with the necessary experience to dispense. A note attached to the case papers states that he was not a qualified chemist.
Supporting evidence: 3
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 13 Apr 1916. Allowed. Exemption to 1 Oct 1916 |