| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1525
Appeal against conscription of: Stanley Collinson
Age: 19
Address: Hopgrove Farm, Malton Road, York
Occupation: Beastman
Local tribunal: Flaxton Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: George Crombie & Sons solicitors acting on behalf of William Collinson, employer
Summary of case: Appellant has 31 milk cows and Stanley Collinson and two other men are engaged night and morning ion milking them. The employer is 58 years of age, and is not able to do as much work as he would like. Stanley Collinson has the sole management of the Dairy part of the business. He was asked by the [local] tribunal which of his two sons he could best spare, and he was under the impression that when the elder one went recently to join the forces, that he would be granted conditional exemption for the younger one.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 2 Sep 1916 Dismissed |