| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1621
Appeal against conscription of: Harold Binks
Age: 22
Address: West Burton, Aysgarth
Occupation: Farm stock manager
Local tribunal: Aysgarth Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: g) exempt occupation
Appellant: Charles Lancaster, employer
Summary of case: Binks had had exemptions to March, then May 1916. Lambert had said that, without Binks to help him on the farm, he would have to give up the land and have a sale. The local tribunal refused to allow further exemption and Lambert appealed to the North Riding Appeal Tribunal and this, too, refused the appeal as it was not in the national interest that Binks remain in his present occupation.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 11 Sep 1916. Dismissed |