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RefNoCMB/37/8
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the War Executive Committee
Date23 June 1916
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: Sir Alfred Kempe in the chair; Dr D Clerk; Dr H J H Fenton; Professor A Schuster

1. Read and signed minutes of the previous meeting

2. 31 applications for the Society's recommendation for exemption from Mililtary Service were referred to the Executive Committee by the Reserved Occupations Committee, and decisions taken;
2a. Applications refused; F H Baggaley; E A Bearder; F Brotherton; W G Cummings; F Douglas; T W Firth Clark; R Mason; H S Redgrove; G Rudorf; T J Ward; H H Gerrans
2b. Applicants to be considered as 'Works Chemists' and therefore outside the jurisdiction of the Royal society; H M Heasman; E Hill; A J Haslehurst, and A Lathwood; R P Littler; W A Luty; Allen Payne; F A Wainwright;
2c. Applicants the Committee to recommend for exemption; Edmund Buckle; J Stewart Kerr; Frank Shedden; L Wilson
2d. Applicants to be recommended for postponement of Mililtary Service in order that their service may be secured for national work in connexion with the war (Resolution 11); W T Lockett; J A Pickard; A B Searle; F H Streatfield
2e. Decisions on remaining cases; George Reeves; W H Simons; Otto Oberlander; A H Hay
Extent3p
FormatTypescript copy
AccessStatusOpen
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