Conscription of men discharged before the war

[Gardenerbill]

I am researching a man who served with the RDF and was discharged in 1905 as medically unfit (see topic in Soldiers)

 

Ernest Bedingham

 

In 1916 he was living in London and would have been eligible for conscription, would men previously discharged be medicially re-assessed and if so are there any records of the outcome?

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Gardenerbill said:

I am researching a man who served with the RDF and was discharged in 1905 as medically unfit (see topic in Soldiers)

 

Ernest Bedingham

 

In 1916 he was living in London and would have been eligible for conscription, would men previously discharged be medicially re-assessed and if so are there any records of the outcome?

 

 

 

Being pre-war is a slightly different situation to the cases I've  seen. The MSA 1916 session one doesn't seem to set a date criteria for conscription, just that it applied to ' Men who had served with the military or Navy and been discharged on grounds of ill-health or termination of service '.

Session 2 of the MSA 1916 removed the ' Men who had served with the military or Navy and been discharged on grounds of ill-health or termination of service ' and allowed for conscription to apply.

 

I'm not sure if these men were medically reassessed as standard, if they had to apply to through the tribunal for the medical assessment on fitness or they had to wait for the army to assess and reject them. Be interesting to know the process.

Craig

[Gardenerbill]

Thanks Craig,

So under MSA 1916 (1) he would not have been eligible as he was married with a child and previously discharged, but under MSA 1916 (2) brought in in May he would have been included as both these exclusions were removed. 

Edited 10 January , 2018 by Gardenerbill