| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 7
Appeal against conscription of: Fred Beckett
Age: 32
Address: North Riding Asylum Farm, York
Occupation: Farm carter and horseman and attendant upon insane
Local tribunal: Flaxton Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, e) exempt occupation
Appellant: A J Eades, Medical Superintendent.
Summary of case: “This man is carter and horseman at asylum farm, works on the fields with insane patients whom he supervises and directs in this work. Three men from the asylum farm have already joined the Colours”.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 20 Mar 1916. Appeal Withdrawn. |