| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2303
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas Barker Wood
Age: 21
Address: Starfits Farm, Kirbymoorside
Occupation: Farmer
Local tribunal: Kirbymoorside Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, b) engaged in different occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: Mary Wood, mother and employer
Summary of case: His widowed mother has three sons, one is permanently invalid, and one daughter, ran a farm of 130 acres both arable and cattle. The local tribunal had granted temporary exemption twice and on the second occasion had granted exemption to 1 January 1917 conditional on him joining the Volunteer Training Corps and making no further appeal to the local tribunal but only to the County Tribunal. The local tribunal said that one of her sons should join the Army for the sake of equality of sacrifice. His mother in her evidence stated that as a woman farmer she is most unfairly dealt with as compared with men farms.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 16 Dec 1916. Dismissed but not to be called up before 31 Jan 1917. |