| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 427
Appeal against conscription of: Edmund Cockfield
Age: 35
Address: Barden, Constable Burton
Occupation: Stocksman
Local tribunal: Leyburn Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: g) exempt occupation
Appellant: George Cockfield, father and employer.
Summary of case: The local appeal tribunals reasons for their decision are that The father 62 applies in respect of his son aged 35 who assists him on the
Wife is 62 and daughter 30 renders assistance in milking etc. No other help engaged at the present time
Application is made on grounds that man engaged in a certified occupation- that of stockman. The man might be spared from civil employment after lambing time and allowed temporary exemption for 1 day which with the 2 months allowed by the Act would answer the purpose. His father appealed to the North Riding appeal tribunal giving the same reasons, and adding. I am 62 years old and I have only my son to assist me, and the land is in a scattered position.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 12 Apr 1916. Allowed. Exemption to 1 Jun 1916. |