02947nam 2200613 a 450 991046568520332120200520144314.01-78170-267-51-84779-418-1(CKB)2560000000085686(EBL)1069730(OCoLC)818847545(SSID)ssj0000712732(PQKBManifestationID)12322458(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712732(PQKBWorkID)10649647(PQKB)11328047(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086840(MiAaPQ)EBC1069730(OCoLC)808600304(MdBmJHUP)muse77997(Au-PeEL)EBL1069730(CaPaEBR)ebr10627281(CaONFJC)MIL843764(EXLCZ)99256000000008568620111103d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBritish military service tribunals, 1916-1918[electronic resource] 'a very much abused body of men' /James McDermottManchester ;New York Manchester University Press ;New York distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan20111 online resource (263 p.)Based on a Ph. D. thesis--2009.0-7190-8477-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Appendix 2 Central and Middlesex AppealsTribunal files, minute books, registers etc.held at the National ArchivesReferences; IndexCopyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the medical gradingof enlisted men; 1. Introduction; 2. The Tribunal system: provenance,characteristics and issues; 3. The matter of conscience; 4. Boot and shoe; 5. Agriculture; 6. Directing heads, sole tradersand the professions; 7. Rank, deference and empathy; 8. Fitness to serve; 9. The Tribunals and the Volunteer Training Corps; 10. Conclusion; Appendix 1 Appeals Tribunal files, minutes,register books held at the Northamptonshire Records OfficeMilitary Service Tribunals were formed in 1916, to consider applications for exemption from men deemed by new legislation to have enlisted. To the military, they were obstructionist old duffers . To most who came before them, they were the unfeeling civilian arm of a remorseless machine. This work challenges both perspectives.DraftGreat BritainHistory20th centuryCourts-martial and courts of inquiryGreat BritainHistory20th centuryElectronic books.DraftHistoryCourts-martial and courts of inquiryHistory343.0122094109041McDermott James1956-1055284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465685203321British military service tribunals, 1916-19182488573UNINA