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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: BLOOMFIELD

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Around 1938 there was considerable unrest in Europe. In the House of Commons in December 1938 it was announced that if there was a war, a Register would be taken of the personal details of every civilian in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This Register proved to be a critical tool in aiding the war effort, used to issue identity cards, organise call-up, facilitate rationing, and much more.
On September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and Britain declared war on the 3rd. On September 5th, the National Registration Act received royal assent and Registrar General Sir Sylvanus Vivian announced that National Registration Day would be September 29th.
Having issued forms to more than 41 million people, the enumerators were charged with the task of visiting every household in Great Britain and Northern Ireland to collect the names, addresses, marital statuses and other key details of every civilian in the country, issuing identity cards on the spot.
These identity cards were essential items from the point the Register was taken until 1952 when the legal requirement to carry them ended. Until then, every member of the civilian population had to be able to present their card upon request by a police officer or other official or bring them to a police station within 48 hours. The reasons were numerous - it was essential to know who everyone was and to track their movements as they moved house, as well as to keep track when babies were born and people passed away.
The main contents of the information was address, schedule number, sub number, surname, first name(s), role (for institutions only), gender, date of birth, marital status, and occupation. The data was ordered so that the content of households could be seen and hence some inferrence of relationships could be made.
The 1939 Register is probably the most important documents in 20th century Britain. The information it contains not only helped toward the war effort, it was also used in the founding of the NHS. In addition, the 1931 census was destroyed in a fire and the 1941 census was never taken. It is the only surviving overview of the civil population of England and Wales spanning the period 1921 - 1951. Especially from a genealogist’s point of view it bridged a census gap that risked losing an entire generation.
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Records found = 24 from 124353
ID	No.	H/H	Name	Gender	DoB	Status	Occupation	Address	Notes
5891	1053	1	BLOOMFIELD Harry A	M	11.10.1879	M	Farm horseman	59 The Heywood, Diss	-
5892	1053	2	BLOOMFIELD Amy	F	10.10.1872	M	Unpaid domestic duties	59 The Heywood, Diss	-
5893	1053	3	BLOOMFIELD George A	M	15.07.1904	S	Cowman	59 The Heywood, Diss	-
5894	1053	4	BLOOMFIELD Walter F	M	02.04.1910	S	Farm labourer	59 The Heywood, Diss	-
5895	1053	6	BLOOMFIELD Max	M	12.07.1934	S	At school	59 The Heywood, Diss	-
6933	2253	1	BLOOMFIELD Lucy A	F	30.01.1859	W	-	21 Roydon Road, Diss	-
7272	3021	1	BLOOMFIELD Leonard W	M	00.00.0000	M	Brewers drayman	56 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7273	3021	2	BLOOMFIELD Carmen B	F	00.00.0000	M	Unpaid domestic duties	56 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7274	3021	3	BLOOMFIELD Derek F	M	00.00.0000	S	Factory hand	56 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7509	3104	3	BLOOMFIELD Edward	M	01.06.1900	S	General labourer	113 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7809	3207	1	BLOOMFIELD Arthur	M	28.02.1914	M	Gas works stoker heavy worker	40 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7810	3207	2	BLOOMFIELD Doris A	F	12.08.1915	M	Unpaid domestic duties	40 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7811	3207	5	BLOOMFIELD Horace E	M	02.03.1888	W	Electric engineer	40 Denmark Street, Diss	Wartime role: Special Constable
7879	3230	3	BLOOMFIELD George W	M	25.06.1915	S	Butcher (slaughterer)	65 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7880	3230	4	BLOOMFIELD Jean A	F	07.03.1927	S	At school	65 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7975	3265	1	BLOOMFIELD Thomas	M	11.05.1880	M	Builders labourer	23A Fair Green, Diss	-
7976	3265	2	BLOOMFIELD Kate F	F	22.03.1876	M	Unpaid domestic duties	23A Fair Green, Diss	-
7977	3265	3	BLOOMFIELD Cissie M	F	21.06.1907	S	Domestic servant	23A Fair Green, Diss	-
8028	3280	1	BLOOMFIELD Frederick E	M	05.12.1883	M	Brush pan and boring hand	9 Fair Green, Diss	-
8029	3280	2	BLOOMFIELD Edith	F	09.06.1885	M	Unpaid domestic duties	9 Fair Green, Diss	-
8030	3280	3	BLOOMFIELD Grace A	F	23.01.1913	S	Brush machinist	9 Fair Green, Diss	-
8031	3280	4	BLOOMFIELD Thomas P	M	06.02.1915	S	Ledger clerk	9 Fair Green, Diss	-
8171	4006	5	BLOOMFIELD Dorothy R	F	26.07.1914	S	Domestic servant	6 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8620	4173	1	BLOOMFIELD J	M	06.07.1867	S	Farm worker (retired)	1 Alger Square, Diss	-
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