| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 363
Appeal against conscription of: John George Dowson
Age: 22
Address: Rokeby Grange, Barnard Castle
Occupation: Stockman
Local tribunal: Startforth Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship, g) exempt occupation
Appellant: Henry Dowson, father and employer
Summary of case: The appellants son is essential in running a farm for feeding stock for the fat trade. Two other sons, one of whom is in the army and the other has been rejected owing to a physical defect, the result of an accident, which prevents him following his occupation on the farm. The farm needs four men to in military and other deemed unfit and unable to work on farm. The local tribunal decision stated that John George Downsons occupation is not as a stockman working on the farm but as a travelling cattle dealer.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 8 Apr 1916. Dismissed. Leave to appeal refused |