| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 687
Appeal against conscription of: Walter Horace Clulow
Age: 24
Address: 5 Hawthorne Terrace, New Earswick, York
Occupation: Analytical works chemist
Local tribunal: Flaxton Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: f) conscientious objection
Appellant: Walter Horace Clulow
Summary of Case: Was given exemption from combatant service at the local tribunal. Appeals to the North Riding Appeal Tribunal on the grounds that, as a member of the Society of Friends, he objects to prosecuting the war in any way, including non-combatant service. His appeal was granted, conditional on his taking up work of national importance to be found by the Pelham Committee within a month or six weeks. The Pelham Committee recommended that he retain his current work, to which the local tribunal objected and refused to issue the certificate. The secretary of the appeal tribunal then asked W Fowle for blank certificates to be issued to him for use in such circumstances.
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 31 May 1916. Allowed. Referred to Pelham Committee. |