| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5248
Appeal against conscription of: Edgar Percival
Age: 20
Address: East End House, Carperby
Occupation: Horseman & general farmhand
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, g) exempt occupation
Appellant: John Percival, father and employer
Summary of case I farm 400 acres the land being very scattered have 200 breeding ewes from 80 to 100 head of cattle of which 30 to 35 are milking we have ploughed out 10 acres of grass land and this man is the ploughman have 60 acres meadow this man another and myself is all the labour we have. Percival has a certificate from the War Agriculture Executive Committee which allows him the right to appeal against his conscription, number 1248
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 10 Jun 1918. Allowed to 1 Oct 1918. |