National Archives of Scotland

[alanmackie]

Hello

Have you seen this fascinating record of tribunals from the National Archives of Scotland. They are records of appeals from concientious objectors and others such as hardship occupational an ill health.

See link below

http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/081103.asp

Dental

[WilliamRev]

Thanks for drawing attention to these - very interesting for those of us interested in Great War-related Scottish things.

And although I am very familiar with the Scotlands People website and have used it extensively to trace my family tree, for some reason this National Archives of Scotland site had completely eluded me - so thanks for drawing my attention to it!

William

[alanmackie]

Hello William

Glad to have been of help.

My family originated in Fife and Scotlands People has been a great help. My grandfathers cousin served with the Balck Watch in the Boer War and the Great War but he was captured and died a POW.

Dental

[Magnumbellum]

Hello

Have you seen this fascinating record of tribunals from the National Archives of Scotland. They are records of appeals from concientious objectors and others such as hardship occupational an ill health.

See link below

http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/081103.asp

Dental

John Duncan drew attention to these records in a post of 10 November 2010, with some useful follow-up discussion. John Duncam correctly referred to the records as relating to the Lothian and Peebles "Military Service Appeal Tribunal", rather than "Military Service Tribunal". Many tribunals notoriously colluded with the militsry. but it is unfortunate, almost a century later, to repeat such collusion. This is not simply pedantry. "Military Tribunal" suggests a Tribunal actually conducted by the military, whereas the Tribunals were civilian, albeit with a statutory military representative as one party. Since in a number of countries overseas exemptions from military service are actually dealt with by military tribunals, that is, tribunals conducted directly by the military, it is important to keep the distinctive British position clear.