Time Served Territorials

[clive_hughes]

Of the men who were discharged 1915-16 some would have managed to get exemption from the subsequent MS Acts on one of the set grounds, ranging from being engaged in work of National importance (eg in a coal mine or munitions) to being the sole prop and support of his invalid aged parents, etc.  It would be up to the local Tribunals to decide whether his ground for appeal was good enough.  

 

Clive

[researchingreg]

20 hours ago, clive_hughes said:

Of the men who were discharged 1915-16 some would have managed to get exemption from the subsequent MS Acts on one of the set grounds, ranging from being engaged in work of National importance (eg in a coal mine or munitions) to being the sole prop and support of his invalid aged parents, etc.  It would be up to the local Tribunals to decide whether his ground for appeal was good enough.  

 

Clive

Some men who could do work of National Importance were not necessarily discharged from the Army but were released to civilian work under a War Office Letter Contracts/1268 while still being in the Army and could be called back from civilian work if the Army thought it fit to do so.

[ss002d6252]

20 minutes ago, researchingreg said:

Some men who could do work of National Importance were not necessarily discharged from the Army but were released to civilian work under a War Office Letter Contracts/1268 while still being in the Army and could be called back from civilian work if the Army thought it fit to do so.

That happened a lot in the DLI territorials as a large percentage were either miners or iron workers.

 

Craig