03193nam 2200721 a 450 991096479230332120240313080656.097818477979331847797938978178170267317817026759781847794185184779418110.7765/9781847794185(CKB)2560000000085686(EBL)1069730(OCoLC)818847545(SSID)ssj0000712732(PQKBManifestationID)12322458(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712732(PQKBWorkID)10649647(PQKB)11328047(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086840(OCoLC)808600304(MdBmJHUP)muse77997(Au-PeEL)EBL1069730(CaPaEBR)ebr10627281(CaONFJC)MIL843764(MiAaPQ)EBC1069730(DE-B1597)659567(DE-B1597)9781847794185(Perlego)1525760(EXLCZ)99256000000008568620111103d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBritish military service tribunals, 1916-1918 'a very much abused body of men' /James McDermott1st ed.Manchester ;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--2009.9780719084775 0719084776 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 centuryDraftHistoryCourts-martial and courts of inquiryHistory343.0122094109041McDermott James1956-1813960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964792303321British military service tribunals, 1916-19184367509UNINA