| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 585
Appeal against conscription of: Cecil Charles Fordham
Age: 26
Address: Market Place, Bedale
Occupation: Boot and shoe repairer
Local tribunal: Bedale Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Not stated
Grounds for appeal: Not stated
Appellant: Cecil Fordham
Summary of Case: Fordham had only started his own business some sixteen months earlier and his liabilities exceed his assets. He had incurred heavy expenses due to the illness and death of his son.. He also claimed that his father-in-laws shoe shop would suffer if his repair business closed.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 19 May 1916. Dismissed. |