| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2082
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas Bowes Carpenter
Age: 22
Address: Wombleton, Nawton, York
Occupation: Farm horseman
Local tribunal : Kirkbymoorside Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: g) exempt occupation
Appellant: Robert Carpenter, farmer, father and employer
Summary of case: Thomas Carpenter and a lad of 17 work on Robert Carpenter's 82 acre farm. Robert Carpenter claims the farm supplies milk, butter, eggs, corn, cattle and other provisions, and the work is of national importance. He is willing to release the 17 year old lad to work on another farm to enable someone else to be called up.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 13 Nov 1916. Dismissed. |