| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1243
Appeal against conscription of: Frank Smithson
Age: 20
Address: Hagg Farm, Kirbymoorside.
Occupation: General farm work
Local tribunal: Kirbymoorside Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: John Cussons, employer.
Summary of case: Frank is one of two men and a boy working on 180 acres, 150 acres of tillage 2 miles from a town where it is impossible to get any other labour. It is stated that land will go out of cultivation without right amount of labour. It is stressed that he does not come from an unpatriotic family as his four brothers are already in the army.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 29 Jul 1916. Dismissed |