| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1517
Appeal against conscription of: George Frederick Mackley
Age: 22
Address: Low Horcumb, Lockton
Occupation: Ploughman
Local tribunal: Pickering Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: C T Mackley, employer and uncle
Summary of case: The appellant occupies two farms containing about 187 acres, not including a stray of about 1000 acres. He only has his nephew and another man. There are 47 acres of tillage land, six working horses, and three young horses, 17 beasts and 460 sheep kept. He cannot find any more labour to work on such hilly land and the labourer has already gone to the army, and he has one son in France
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 2 Sep 1916. Dismissed |