| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 406
Appeal against conscription of: Robert Wilson Sowden
Age: 29
Address: Sowerby, Thirsk
Occupation: Cowman and farm worker
Local tribunal: Thirsk Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship, e) exempt occupation
Appellant: Samuel Snowden, father and employer
Summary of case: “Having a son who is medically unfit for regular work and been unable to obtain any one else. As it is close on seed-time and to work the land on account of the excessively wet time was an impossibility. I ask for an extension or I do not see how I am to get in the seed etc without him as I cannot work in the land myself”
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 11 Apr 1916. Dismissed. |