| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5115
Appeal against conscription of: George William Dobson
Age: 22
Address: Primrose Farm, Ugthorpe
Occupation: Farm hand
Local tribunal: Whitby 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: Addison Dobson
Summary of case: George is a highly skilled agricultural worker on a farm of 110 acres with stock. He is irreplaceable and essential to the cultivation of the farm. The father is in failing health and therefore essential in the national interest that he be retained. George Dobson has a certificate from the War Agriculture Executive Committee which allows him the right to appeal against his conscription, number 753.
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 30 May 1918. Allowed to 1 Oct 1918. |