| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 365
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas Kipling
Age: 23
Address: Merebeck, Baldersdale, Cotherston, Darlington
Occupation: Farmer
Local tribunal: Startforth Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship
Appellant: Thomas Kipling
Summary of case: The appellant is the younger son of Mary Kipling, the tenant of a moorland farm 5 miles from Cotherston
.The applicant does all the shepherding and attends to the lambing
applicant has two brothers, one the elder over military age is a mason in full time work. The other is a partial cripple, having his hip broken four years ago
.he cannot work much or walk any distance. The local tribunal decided that the elder brother who is acquainted with farm work could run the farm during the mans absence.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 8 Apr 1916. Allowed, exemption for 1 day |