| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 967
Appeal against conscription of: George Edward Bolland
Age: 21
Address: 39 The Green, Richmond
Occupation: Assistant to agricultural merchant
Local tribunal: Richmond Borough Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: Major C Speid Soote, Military Representative
Summary of case: His father is in a delicate state of health and he is indispensable to the family business. The local tribunal granted him temporary exemption for one month. The military representative objected to this: This man is not indispensable
.his father having no land and being a young fit man I consider he [George Edward Bolland] should go.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 24 Jun 1916. Dismissed. |