| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4802
Appeal against conscription of: Joseph Luther Potter
Age: 27
Address: 67 Milton Street, Middlesbrough
Occupation: Book keeper, salesman and warehouseman
Local tribunal: Middlesbrough Borough Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: Reuben Allick for John Allick & Sons Ltd, employer
Summary of case: Business is principally wholesale and large retail market. Reuben and his father John run the business. They have 100 acres of land and employ only women on the land. Potter is our bookkeeper, salesman and warehouseman. He attends to the storing of the heavy goods. We supply over 300 small shopkeepers with greengrocery in Middlesbrough and district, and he has charge and collects all their accounts. The local tribunal had granted Potter conditional exemption and on the appeal of the military representative this was changed to a temporary exemption. Since the Appeal Tribunal considered the case in January the National Service Representative has met the wholesale fruit and vegetable merchants of Middlesbrough and I think he was satisfied that the staff of our firm had now reached the irreducible minimum. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/4656]
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 5 Apr 1918. Dismissed. |