| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5670
Appeal against conscription of: George Atkinson
Age: 43
Address: 5 Market Place, Guisborough
Occupation: Watchmaker
Local tribunal: Guisborough Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: George Atkinson
Summary of case: As the only man and tenant manager of an important Optical business attending hundreds of sight-testing cases and repairs to spectacles and eyeglasses generally, and having a delicate and nervous wife, who for many years has had to spend at least three months of the year in bed through sickness needs all the care and support possible. If called to the colours it would mean that the premises would have to be closed down, leaving my wife quite alone, without a home and no one to take care of her. [Case papers for 5382 included with these papers]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 4 Sep 1918. Dismissed. |