| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5239
Appeal against conscription of: William Coates
Age: 22
Address: Home Farm, Hornby, Bedale
Occupation: Horseman
Local tribunal: Leyburn Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation
Appellant: Thomas Green, employer
Summary of case: Skilled ploughman and stacker also able to work Binder and do anything on a farm. Farm is 205 acres, 6 working horses and 6 cows to milk with 45 other cattle and 55 ewes and lambs. Coates has a certificate from the War Agriculture Executive Committee which allows him the right to appeal against his conscription, number 1364
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 10 Jun 1918. Allowed to 1 Oct 1918. |