| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5780
Appeal against conscription of: Arthur J Foxton
Age: 42
Address: Normanby
Occupation: Tailor
Local tribunal: Kirbymoorside Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Medical grade:1
Appellant: Arthur T Foxton
Summary of case: Tailor and breeches maker (civil and military) making for most of the gentry in the district and also officers clothing both in England and abroad. Two men have left me to join the army, one has been killed and the other badly wounded and discharged from the army and I am left by myself to keep the business together that has taken me 16 years to build up. [Case papers for NRCC/CL 9/1/5479 included with these papers]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 2 Nov 1918. Allowed to 1 May 1919. |