| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4928
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas Foster
Age: 28
Address: Westwood Farm, Bowbank, Middleton in Teesdale
Occupation: Dairy farmer
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: Thomas Foster
Summary of Case: Dairy farm of 62 acres carried on with mother. Stock consists of 12 milking cows, 6 cattle and 50 sheep. Milk sent off daily to Middleton station, 2 miles away, to Newcastle. Only male hand on the farm, mother chronic invalid, helped by 16 year old sister but she could not manage by herself. [See also NRCC/Cl 9/1/4517]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 17 Apr 1918. Allowed to 31 Jul 1918. |