| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4542
Appeal against conscription of: Frank Frederick Wilcockson
Age: 33
Address: C/O Messrs Balfour Beatty, Control Office, Catterick Camp
Occupation: Clerk
Local tribunal: Richmond Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: Messrs Beatty
Summary of case: Married man, wife and three children dependent on him. Eldest child has been an invalid for five years with a tubercular hip joint. She also has defective eyesight and went to Lees Eye Hospital. She had developed pneuberis ulcers, her right eye is also affected. A few months ago she developed pneumonia and is recovering slowly. She is, and has been for the last five years, a great care and continual expense, and will be in the future, and if I have to give up civil employment she will be deprived of the proper support necessary for her future health. I am living in a hut on the Camp belonging to the War department, and if I have to join the Army my wife and family will be obliged to leave, and I have no other home in which to place them. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/4331]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 1 Jan 1918. Refused, not to be called up before 14 Feb 1918. |