| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 56
Appeal against conscription of: Ernest Brown
Age: 22
Address: Westerdale, Grosmont, Yorks
Occupation: Farmer and horseman
Local tribunal: Guisborough Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Military Service Act
Grounds for appeal: a) continue in current occupation, d) serious hardship, g) exempt occupation
Appellant: John Brown, father
Summary of case: I have some ploughing, and manure loading etc. to do on the farm and I have no one else on the place able to do it and other horsemen in the district have got two months exemption. I am in my seventieth year.
Supporting evidence:
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 24 Mar 1916. Dismissed |