Local Tribunals dealt with people who appealed against being conscripted into the army, for example conscientious objectors (COs) and key workers. Quoting from http://www.ppu.org.uk/coproject/guide.html, In both conscription periods (1916-19 and 1939-63), Tribunals (a tribunal is similar to a court, but less formal and limited in function) were set up to consider and decide upon applications. There were, however, important differences in the arrangements for the two periods. In WW1, the responsible government department was the Local Government Board (now the Department for Communities and Local Government). Under the Board, Borough and District Councils were required to set up Military Service Tribunals for applicants in their area. However, these Tribunals did not deal only with applications from COs: the majority of cases arose from matters such as key workers in employment, domestic hardships, and even health grounds. Although Tribunals were intended to be impartial, there was no means of ensuring a quality of objectivity in the character of members. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Betteridge" <pbetteridge@pobox.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] George Frederick SLADE M.B.E. > Dear Helen > > > George Frederick SLADE was born 1851 at Aston Upthorpe, he was a > > solicitor at Wallingford and died 1931 at Wallingford, his death > > notice says M.B.E. > > > > Trying to find out when he recieved his M.B.E. and what for > > I would say that searching the Times is a sound idea. > > I have also tried the London Gazette archive: > http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/search > > It was a little tricky to find the right search conditions - not so > difficult to find references to him in his capacity as a solicitor, but > the one you want seems to be in the "Supplement to the London Gazette", > 7 June 1918, where he appears (page 6741) for his services as Clerk to > Wallingford Rural Tribunal and Crowmarsh Local Tribunal. (I'm not sure > what these bodies were, incidentally). The first page of the supplement > shows it is a list of people awarded honours in the King's birthday > honours list for services in connection with the war. (You may want to > read at least some of the pages in between, which may say something else > of interest.) > > Perhaps given a date, you may have more luck looking in the Times. Also, > a more local newspaper may give other details. > > Best wishes > > Paul > > -- > Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire > pbetteridge@pobox.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thankyou   Most informative, abit of Engliish history unknown to me as a Aussie. He was not against active service as his 2 sons both served in WW I as did a number of his nephews   Helen  --- On Sun, 11/7/10, Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com> wrote: From: Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: [BRK] George Frederick SLADE M.B.E. To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Received: Sunday, 11 July, 2010, 11:39 PM Local Tribunals dealt with people who appealed against being conscripted into the army, for example conscientious objectors (COs) and key workers. Quoting from http://www.ppu.org.uk/coproject/guide.html, In both conscription periods (1916-19 and 1939-63), Tribunals (a tribunal is similar to a court, but less formal and limited in function) were set up to consider and decide upon applications. There were, however, important differences in the arrangements for the two periods. In WW1, the responsible government department was the Local Government Board (now the Department for Communities and Local Government). Under the Board, Borough and District Councils were required to set up Military Service Tribunals for applicants in their area. However, these Tribunals did not deal only with applications from COs: the majority of cases arose from matters such as key workers in employment, domestic hardships, and even health grounds. Although Tribunals were intended to be impartial, there was no means of ensuring a quality of objectivity in the character of members. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Betteridge" <pbetteridge@pobox.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] George Frederick SLADE M.B.E. > Dear Helen > > > George Frederick SLADE was born 1851 at Aston Upthorpe, he was a > > solicitor at Wallingford and died 1931 at Wallingford, his death > > notice says M.B.E. > > > > Trying to find out when he recieved his M.B.E. and what for > > I would say that searching the Times is a sound idea. > > I have also tried the London Gazette archive: > http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/search > > It was a little tricky to find the right search conditions - not so > difficult to find references to him in his capacity as a solicitor, but > the one you want seems to be in the "Supplement to the London Gazette", > 7 June 1918, where he appears (page 6741) for his services as Clerk to > Wallingford Rural Tribunal and Crowmarsh Local Tribunal. (I'm not sure > what these bodies were, incidentally). The first page of the supplement > shows it is a list of people awarded honours in the King's birthday > honours list for services in connection with the war. (You may want to > read at least some of the pages in between, which may say something else > of interest.) > > Perhaps given a date, you may have more luck looking in the Times. Also, > a more local newspaper may give other details. > > Best wishes > > Paul > > -- > Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire > pbetteridge@pobox.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message