| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5430
Appeal against conscription of: Charles Dent
Age: 33
Address: 58 Middlesbrough Road, South Bank
Occupation: Butcher
Local tribunal: Eston Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: Charles Dent
Summary of case: The local tribunal adjourned Dents case on 15 Jan 1918, and it was refused on 11 Jun 1918. Dent appealed this decision: he is a butcher running 2.5 businesses, two are his own and the third is his sisters and he has helped her run this since her husband has been called up. One brother has been killed in France and another seriously wounded in hospital. He is married with two children.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 27 Jun 1918. Dismissed. |