| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4729
Appeal against conscription of: Laurence H Barker
Age: 18
Address: c/o J W Robinson, Five Mile Bank
Occupation: Agriculture
Local tribunal: Northallerton Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: Not stated
Appellant: Major Hutton-Squire National Service Representative
Summary of case: The employer states that the boy has to help milk 20 cows night and morning and take milk to the station which is 3 miles distant, and help to feed other 10 cows and go the horses when required. The only other labour he has on the farm is a boy of 16. My farm is 191 1/2 acres, 96 arable and 95 1/2 grass. The National Service Representative states that the boy being single aged 18 and Grade I and not holding a Certificate of Protection from the War Agriculture Committee should be make available prior to 1 June 1917 and has only just recently taken up this work, having previously been a Drapers' Assistant.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 3 May 1918 Dismissed Allowed to 1 Aug 1918. National Service Appeal |