| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 235
Appeal against conscription of: John William Pearson
Age: 27
Address: Saltersgate, Pickering
Occupation: Horseman
Local tribunal: Pickering Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No:
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: e) exempt occupation
Appellant: Robert Pearson, father and employer
Summary of Case: Son required to work on two family farms as horseman. The reasons given by the local tribunal for dismissing the original appeal were: Appellant only has 11 acres of tillage, and can with his son aged 15 quite well work it, as well as the other small holding of 13 acres grass. The local tribunal do not think that John William Pearson works half his time on his fathers farm.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 29 Mar 1916. Dismissed |