| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 5690
Appeal against conscription of: John Brown
Age: 32
Address: Middleton-in-Teesdale
Occupation: Assistant bailiff
Local tribunal: Startforth Rural District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: a) remain in resent occupation, d) serious hardship
Medical grade: 1
Appellant: John Brown
Summary of case: I left a situation in Australia under the New South Wales Government in 1914 to help to my father who was and is an Estate Bailiff for the Teesdale Estates of the Earl of Strathmore as my father was in failing health. My father had a paralytic stroke on 26 December last. His right side is paralysed, his speech is affected, he is helpless, and confined to bed. My mother is dead, and I have no other relatives, my two brothers bring on active service in France. The only persons in the house are the housekeeper and a young servant. [Case papers for NRCC/CL 9/1/4719 included with these papers. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/369, NRCC/CL 9/1/2136, NRCC/CL 9/1/3182, NRCC/CL 9/1/4525]
Supporting evidence: No
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 17 Sep 1918. Allowed to 1 Mar 1919. |