| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1324
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas Kipling
Age:23
Address: Merebeck, Baldersdale, Cotherstone
Occupation: Farmer
Local tribunal: Startforth Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Services Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship, g) exempt occupation
Appellant: Thomas Kipling
Summary of case: His mother is 63, one elder brother over military age, and one brother is cripple and cannot work. He does all the shepherding, over 140 stints on Cotherstone Moor with 151 sheep, also as 20 head of cattle and one horse, with 30 acres of meadow land. Local tribunal considered that his elder brother was more than capable of carrying on without him.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 5 Aug 1916. Dismissed |