| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5648
Appeal against conscription of: Joseph K Sewell
Age: 28
Address: Prospect Hill, Whitby
Occupation: Grocer
Local tribunal: Whitby Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship, f) conscientious objection g) exempt occupation
Appellant: Joseph K Sewell
Summary of case: (a)(d)(g) I am the sole working head of a large wholesale grocers and food distributing business serving the district between Guisborough, Scarborough, Malton, Pickering and Helmsley etc There is no one who could take my place. (f) I have been a member of the Society of Friends all my life and my parents were Friends, and I have always held the view that all participation in War is unmoral I served in the Friends War Victims Relief Part till the breakdown of my fathers health forced me to return to the business. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/1817, NRCC/CL 9/1/3287, NRCC/CL 9/1/4222, NRCC/CL 9/1/4890]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 29 Aug 1918 Allowed to 31 Dec 1918. |