| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4525
Appeal against conscription of: John Brown
Age: 31
Address: Bowbank, Middleton in Teesdale
Occupation: Acting estate bailiff
Local tribunal: Startforth Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation d) serious hardship
Appellant: W I Ralston, agent for employer, the Earl of Strathmore, Streatlam Castle, Darlington
Summary of case: Previous appeal decided 24 Mar 1917, allowed exemption to 31 Oct 1917. This application was made on 19 Oct 1917, but not decided until the following January. Brown is the son of the head bailiff on the Wemmergill Estate of 32,000 acres (50 sq miles). His father is about 72 and in poor health, so unable to get about to do the work. Brown is supervising work of national importance in supplying timber for pit-props and for this and other work the local estate men are not suitable, since it requires a man of some education. Brown returned from Australia shortly before the war to help his father; one brother is in the forces and another has been medically rejected. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/369, NRCC/CL 9/1/2136, NRCC/CL 9/1/3182, NRCC/CL 9/1/4719, NRCC/CL 9/1/5690]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 5 Jan 1918. Dismissed but not to be called up before 15 Feb 1918. EmployerÂ’s appeal |