| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 476
Appeal against conscription of: Allan Dickenson
Age: 18
Address: High Burrows, Grosmont
Occupation: Apprentice blacksmith
Local tribunal: Whitby Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: e) exempt occupation
Appellant: Graham Craig, Recruiting Officer
Summary of case: Craig appealed on the grounds that the postponement given by the local tribunal viz until 23 Nov was unreasonable. This man will be 19 in June when he should join the army. The employer was unable to give the date on which the apprenticeship ceased. Dickenson had been apprenticed when he was 14, but did not have an indenture to prove this. Therefore, there is no valid reason why the youth should not join the army when he attains his nineteenth birthday.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 17 Apr 1916. Allowed. |