| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5259
Appeal against conscription of: Thomas Harold Hobson
Age: 21
Address: West Vince Moor, Croft
Occupation: Skilled Agricultural labourer
Local tribunal: Croft on Tees 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: Thomas Hobson, father and employer
Summary of case: That it is in the national interest that the man be kept in his present occupation as he is the only man I have to do any skilled agricultural work as for myself I am unable to so any heavy work owing to a rupture and I am 66 years of age next July. Hobson has a certificate from the War Agriculture Executive Committee which allows him the right to appeal against his conscription, number 193
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding appeal tribunal: 10 Jun 1918. Allowed to 1 Oct 1918. |