| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5564
Appeal against conscription of: John Storm [Jacob Storm]
Age: 44
Address: The Bolts, Robin Hoods Bay
Occupation: Grocer
Local tribunal: Whitby Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation b) engaged in different occupation d) serious hardship
Medical grade: 1
Appellant: Major J K Trotter, National Service Representative
Summary of case: Storm had been given a temporary exemption to 30 Sep 1918 and the national service representative had appealed against this. Storm had said he had a wife and two children and looked after and aged mother in law, aged 84. He has a one man business as a grocer and wine merchant with a licence to sell tobacco, patent medicine and methylated spirit. He said he was the only person in Robin Hood's Bay licensed to sell methylated spirits but there is a note added to his application: except one. Storm was also a Special Constable and member of the Rocket Life Saving Brigade, having taken the place of a man who was called up. If called up he would lose his business. The national service representative contended there were already two grocers in Robin Hood's Bay and a third was not needed. He also said that, if the calling up was postponed, there was great danger of a fresh appeal and the practical loss to the service of a physically efficient man.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 25 Jul 1918. Dismissed. National Service appeal |