| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 1756
Appeal against conscription of: Lupton Stelling
Age: 19
Address: The Mount, Tunstall, Catterick
Occupation: Farm manager
Local tribunal: Richmond Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: Lupton Stelling snr, father and employer
Summary of case: He is essential to the running of the farm as his father is incapable of hard physical work and if the son is conscripted the farm will have to be given up with consequent loss of food production.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 21 Oct 1916. Dismissed. |