| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5194
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas Richard Bowes
Age: 31
Address: Little Barugh, Pickering
Occupation: Huxter and Small Holder
Local tribunal: Pickering Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: Thomas Richard Bowes
Summary of case: The local tribunal states that it has already granted Bowes exemptions but now feels in the present crisis they can no longer grant an exemption. Bowes appeals this stating that he runs his own business and hardship would ensure if he were to be called up. He has a wife and children; his father also depends upon him. Bowes farms 11 acres and helps out at other farms. He is the only extra man in the village who can help out on other farms.
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Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 8 Jun 1918. Dismissed. |