| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 2972
Appeal against conscription of: Charles Brown
Age: 19
Address: Long Street, Easingwold
Occupation: Farm horseman and milk man
Local tribunal: Easingwold Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested.
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation d) serious hardship e) exempt occupation
Appellant: William Brown, father and employer
Summary of case: Charles Brown is the youngest of 14 children and the only son left at home. He is essential to his father, who sends in a medical certificate to the effect that he has a rupture and a tumour and can do only light work. The farm and livestock are detailed in the application. The local tribunal had adjourned one appeal for medical examination, and then given a final decision of exemption granted to 15 April 1917, to get the ploughing done and conditional upon joining North Riding Volunteer Regiment. They had discovered that the son had taken over the carting business of a man who had been called up, and actually spent very little time on the land. There were also one other son and two sons-in-law residing in the parish and several daughters at home.
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 9 Mar 1917. Dismissed. |