| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3599
Appeal against conscription of: Arthur Henry Thompson
Age:21
Address: Little Moorsholme
Occupation: Farmhand
Local tribunal: Skelton and Brotton Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: John Thompson, employer
Summary of case: Appellant is tenant farmer farming 220 acres with labour of son, Arthur Henry Thompson, and boy aged 14. He is in poor health and contends that a substitute man, indeed two men, could not undertake satisfactorily the work carried out by his son. The local tribunal found the case continues until efficient substitute is found under existing order which is to stand.[See also NRCC/CL 9/1/3077]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 18 May 1917. Allowed until efficient substitute found |