McKeever, James Richard

McKeever, James Richard, 17 Derwent St, Sunderland, left school 15 years ago & only worked 2 years through ill health, could only do light labouring, CO to killing & to NCS as helping killing, NE 20/8/40 rejected, SDE 20/8/40 p3, NJ 21/8 p5; DAT 2/5/41 now 30 & general labourer living at Darlington ,rejection at LT upheld, did not intend to kill or abet killing, worked in hotels & would not cook for combatant soldiers, SDE 2/5/41 p1; Sunderland Q S 21/7/43  now labourer (32) & at Norfolk St, Sunderland, prison 6 months for receiving boring machine worth £25 stolen from Edward Dukes warehouse in High St East damaged in air raid 16-17 /5/43, 11 previous convictions for loitering & other minor offences, had done little work because of laziness, registered as CO but rejected at LT & AT, failed to attend medical 7/41, SDE 21/7/43 p4