| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5078
Appeal against conscription of: Bell Pratt
Age: 20
Address: Shaw Ghyll Farm, Hawes
Occupation: Tenant farmer
Local tribunal: Aysgarth 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
Appellant: Mary Jane Pratt, mother and employer
Summary of case: M J Pratt said her son was needed to work on the farm and that her request was supported by the War Agricultural Executive Committee, certificate enclosed. She said the land could not be worked by Woman Land Workers, for example they could not go on to the Moor after the sheep even in good weather, let alone snowstorms, as there were some 120 sheep gaits [sic]. She was a widow with heart trouble and Bell Pratt was her sole support. He had had previous exemptions.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 28 May 1918. Allowed to 1 Oct 1918. |