| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 386
Appeal against conscription of: Robert Bosomworth Harland
Age: 38
Address: South End Knayton Thirsk
Occupation: Butcher farmer cowman milkman and general farmworker
Local tribunal: Thirsk Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship e) ill health or infirmity
Appellant: Jane Harland, aunt and employer
Summary of Case: Medically unfit as has had fits since childhood and has had an operation for anthrax. He is undersized, and due to a rupture is unable to walk far but assists with 20 acres of land and some animals
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 11 Apr 1916 Dismissed |