| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3645
Appeal against conscription of: George Robert Barker
Age:41
Address: Broomfield Farm, Stainsacre, Whitby
Occupation: Tenant farmer
Local tribunal: Whitby Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: Not stated
Appellant: Lieutenant Graham Craig, Recruiting Officer
Summary of case: Military appeal advises 'that this man's conditional exemption be subject to him remaining in the Volunteer Training Corps. In their reasons for their decision the local tribunal states that this tenant farmer spends his whole time in work of national importance, his only assistant is a boy of 17 who himself is a member of the Volunteer Training Corps. The man is known to be a very hard working individual also working a milk round and a large market garden.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 25 May 1917 Dismissed. Military appeal |