| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5001
Appeal against conscription of: Christopher William Miller
Age: 18
Address: 107 Thornfield Road, Linthorpe
Occupation: ChemistÂ’s dispenser
Local tribunal: Middlesbrough Borough Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: Walter Robert Brackenbury, employer
Summary of case: The appellant states that this man is essential to his business as his dispenser in his chemist shop. The local tribunal have stated that as an 18 year old man passed fit for service it is no longer in the national interest that he remains in his civil employment. Appellant points out that if Miller had not got his call up by 48 hours, he would have already been in the army by the time of his appeal was heard.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 4 May 1918. Dismissed. |