| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3318
Appeal against conscription of: William Brown
Age: 28
Address: Gillamoor, 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
Appellant: William Brown
Summary of case: Brown asks to continue in current occupation of ploughing, sowing and looking after 60 ewes. His father is dead and he looks after the farm of 80 acres on his own. He part owns the farm with his mother. The local tribunal suggested he be exempted on condition that he undertook to plough 8 acres of recently laid grass land, but, he declined “to fall in with the suggestion”. He has a brother, Jackson Brown, on another farm half a mile away of just 52 acres and is capable of managing both farms.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 14 Apr 1917. Dismissed. |