| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 3844
Appeal against conscription of: Richard Armstrong
Age: 30
Address: Wilton, Pickering
Occupation: Farmer
Local tribunal: Pickering Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested:
Grounds for appeal: Not stated
Appellant: Richard Armstrong
Summary of case: I am working manager for my uncle who is aged 92 years. I have to look after 164 acres of land and my only assistance in one aged man for six days a week and my brother whose varicose veins prevent him working on the land.
.. My other brother has joined up. We have five working horses and I have not a moment to spare from agriculture and attending the Volunteer Training Corps would mean a journey of up to five miles there and back and I cannot do it..
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 14 Jul 1917. Dismissed decision of local tribunal to stand |