| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5436
Appeal against conscription of: Harry Edwin Yeomans
Age: 31
Address: 21 Ann Street, South Bank
Occupation: Assistant manager
Local tribunal: Eston Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: A Humphrey Hinton, employer
Summary of case: Yeomans is the only assistant employed at Amos Hinton & Sons Ltd. The remainder of the staff consisting of eleven females and one boy. Yeomans is in charge of the provisions department in which a very large quantity of bacon and ham is now being handled every week. He also attends to all the shipping orders and the requirements of the naval units stationed here.
.if he is not allowed to remain in his present work we shall be faced with acute difficulties in attending to the large numbers of customers who are registered with us for their supplies of food.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 27 Jun 1918. Dismissed. |