| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5686
Appeal against conscription of: Ernest Metcalfe
Age: 41
Address: Railway Street, Leyburn
Occupation: Painter
Local tribunal: Leyburn Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Medical grade: B1
Appellant: Ernest Metcalfe
Summary of case: All Metcalfes savings are invested in his business, and stock and debts are worth about £700. He does all the paint mixing himself and has two aged men working for him. He is trying to keep open the places of two men who have joined the army. Metcalfe is a Special Constable Motor Cyclist and served 16 years in the old volunteers. He has a wife, two children and an Aunt, aged 64, dependant on him. [Case papers for NRCC/CL 9/1/4955 included with these papers. NRCC/CL 9/1/840, NRCC/CL 9/1/1894, NRCC/CL 9/1/3381, NRCC/CL 9/1/4190, NRCC/CL 9/1/4955, NRCC/CL 9/1/5686]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 17 Sep 1918. Dismissed. |