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Military Tribunals – Frederick James MASTERS

Name
Frederick James MASTERS
Age
35
Married
Yes
Address
Bengeworth
Occupation
Clerk/Manager fruit growing business

First Hearing

Date of Hearing
1916
Case for exemption
Clerk/Manager in his father's fruit growing business.
Outcome of appeal
Exemption - conditional
Exemption Conditions (if any)
Conditions not known
Journal Date
1916

Second Hearing

Date of Hearing
1916
Case for exemption
The military applied for a review of a conditional exemption previously granted. Masters was a confidential clerk and manager in the employ of his father Mr Henry Masters of Evesham. It was said by the military that he could now be spared as the season was over, but Henry Masters denied this. If his son was taken his business would be largely disorganised and he had lost 24 men by enlistment.
Outcome of appeal
Exemption - temporary
Exemption Conditions (if any)
Certificate of conditional exemption withdrawn; temporary exemption given until 1st January 1917, the man to join the VTC
Journal Date
1916

Other Information

Final Outcome
Joined the Volunteer Training Corps
Badsey Society Notes
Henry Masters was a wholesaler at Evesham Market who bought produce from most Wickhamford market gardeners