| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4513
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas William Donald
Age:37
Address: Briscoe Gate, Cotherstone
Occupation: Farmer, shepherd and general farm hand
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 g) exempt occupation
Appellant: William Watson, employer, jointly with Thomas William Donald
Summary of case: Previous appeal decided 18 Aug 1917: appeal allowed conditional on Donald's joining Volunteer Training Corps, this condition being waived later. Donald has a small farm of his own, which he works before and after his work on Mr Watson's farm about a mile away. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/3753]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 2 Jan 1918. Allowed to 31 Mar 1918. |