Appeals to match First World War conscription go online
22 January 2014
Today The National Archives is workmanship the digitised records of over 8,000 individuals seeking immunity from conscription into the army in Middlesex for the time of the First World War available online.
What the records show
The records of the Middlesex Appeal Tribunal (file series MH 47) include case papers of through 8,000 individuals, as well for the reon that administrative papers reflecting the changing course of action towards conscription as the war progressed. The gathering is one of only two perfect surviving collections of tribunal records, and provides a single insight into the impact of the First World War steady families, businesses and communities far from the battlefields.
The records tell men seeking exemption on medical, house or economic grounds, as well to the degree that the relatively small proportion wishing not to war on moral grounds as conscientious objectors.
The Middlesex Appeal Tribunal was the same of the county-level appeal tribunals, lot of a national system of army service tribunals that were established over the UK to hear applications from men seeking freedom from liability from military service.
By opening up addition to these records online, family historians decision be able to discover the stories of Middlesex ancestors, and researchers faculty of volition be able to study the records in unused ways, giving new insights into this scanty known part of the war.
Raw schedule data available
We are also structure the raw catalogue data for the Middlesex Appeal Tribunal condition papers available on our Labs location, to encourage researchers and web developers to organized observation with new applications, online tools and ways of visualising given conditions.
Find out more
The digitisation of this contribution has been generously supported by The Friends of The National Archives and Federation of Family History Societies and forms division of The National Archives' programme of events to solemnize the centenary of the First World War.
Find fully more about the digitisation of MH 47 at our conference on 30 January.
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