> Charles Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>Were there any restrictions in conscripting Irsh nationals, even >>though at that time Ireland was part of Great Britain, that would >>allow Thomas to avoid conscription? Or were shipyard workers, even >>labourers, in an exempted occupation? Charles Dear Charles, Being born in in Ireland was not an exemption to conscription, as Ireland was part of Great Britain at that time. Being a Labourer in the Shipyards was not an exemption as over 30,000 Durham miners enlisted. See the Military Service Act 1916 http://www.1914-1918.net/msa1916.html Your relative might of been exempted on Health Grounds. I know of a man who was a labourer and was exempt, as he could not straighten one of his arms, because of scar tissue from a scalding as a child. John Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~littleblobby/ http://www.freewebs.com/littleblobby/
As stated by John Gallon, Irish birth was no exemption to conscription. I have been told this was the reason my great-aunt's husband returned to to Co.Mayo from living in Hebburn, expressly to avoid it and taking his new bride with him. Maureen Davison On 30 April 2013 09:56, John Gallon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Charles Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Were there any restrictions in conscripting Irsh nationals, even > >>though at that time Ireland was part of Great Britain, that would > >>allow Thomas to avoid conscription? Or were shipyard workers, even > >>labourers, in an exempted occupation? Charles > > Dear Charles, > > Being born in in Ireland was not an exemption to conscription, as Ireland > was part of Great Britain at that time. Being a Labourer in the Shipyards > was not an exemption as over 30,000 Durham miners enlisted. > > See the Military Service Act 1916 http://www.1914-1918.net/msa1916.html > > Your relative might of been exempted on Health Grounds. I know of a man > who > was a labourer and was exempt, as he could not straighten one of his arms, > because of scar tissue from a scalding as a child. > > John > Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne > [email protected] > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~littleblobby/ > http://www.freewebs.com/littleblobby/ > > .. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
As stated by John Gallon, Irish birth was no exemption to conscription. I have been told this was the reason my great-aunt's husband returned to to Co.Mayo from living in Hebburn, expressly to avoid it and taking his new bride with him. Maureen Davison Dear Maureen, Being born in Ireland was not an exemption if you then moved to the UK. If you stayed in Ireland then you could not be conscripted. Over 200,000 Irishmen fought in WW1 and sadly 30,000 were killed. John Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~littleblobby/ http://www.freewebs.com/littleblobby/