| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 620
Appeal against conscription of: Alexander Ellis
Age: 20
Address: 8 Maple Street, Middlesbrough
Occupation: Fitters labourer
Local tribunal: Middlesbrough Borough Council
Central tribunal: Central tribunal case number W.3641
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: f) conscientious objection
Appellant: Alexander Ellis
Summary of case: Applied to local tribunal on 28 Feb 1916 for total exemption from any military service on grounds that he is earnestly striving to carry out in my life the principles of Christianity.
and that war and all that means is entirely opposed to those principles
..whether this view is acceptable of not I cannot go back on my conviction. Local tribunal decision on 11 March 1916 dismissed the application. Appeal led in similar terms to North Riding appeal tribunal submitted on 14 March 1916. Statement of local tribunal giving reasons for their decision Applicant did not satisfy the local tribunal at their meeting as to the sincerity of his written statement of his conscientious objection. It should also be noted that the principals of his firm (The Coal Distillation Company distinctly a firm of German capital, men and sympathies) did not claim exemption for him.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 20 May 1916 Dismissed. |