Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard - Warwick and Country Edition page 2/col 7

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Military Tribunals: County Appeals Tribunals under Military Service Act 1916 - Conscientious objectors

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County Appeal Tribunal. More Local Cases" Hearing of various appeals. Including Conscientious objector, E Gitsham, assistant master at Warwick School, appeal against decision for exemption from combatant service to be conditional on finding work of national importance within 21 days. He argued teaching filled this condition. Dialogue quoted. Mr Pyne, Headmaster, and Mr Bolton King, director of Education, also spoke. His appeal was dismissed.