| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2316
Appeal against conscription of: Frederick Stanforth
Age: 28
Address: Handale Farm, Loftus
Occupation: Horseman
Local tribunal: Loftus Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: H A Watson, employer
Summary of case: Employer has a 255 acres farm of which 88 are arable. Previously he had four men and now only this man. The man himself has two brothers in the Army and one in the Navy and is the only one left to help his widowed mother. Local tribunal dismissed his appeal but recommended it to the Substitution Committee. Local tribunal cannot agree that four men were employed on this farm previous to the War. He had been given previous periods of exemption however on the last occasion decided that he should be released for the Army by substitution. Watson states that I have lost the services of my wife who is suffering from mental trouble and consequently I have no female labour on the farm.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 22 Dec 1916. Dismissed. |