| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2056
Appeal against conscription of: John Thomas Stephenson
Age: 25
Address: Aislaby, Pickering
Occupation: Shepherd
Local tribunal: Pickering Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: e) exempt occupation
Appellant: John L. Kirk, Military Representative
Summary of case: He is a single man and not in a reserved occupation. His employer already has another man employed who can take this man's place. Local tribunal had given him a conditional exemption as long as he remained in his current occupation, as he looks after 196 sheep, due to shortage of labour he is in an exempt occupation.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 10 Nov 1916. Allowed until 1 Jan 1917. Decision of local tribunal varied |