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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: CATTERMOLE

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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 = 19 from 124353
ID	No.	H/H	Name	Gender	DoB	Status	Occupation	Address	Notes
6494	2105	1	CATTERMOLE Wm R	M	01.04.1900	M	House painter and decorator	28 Mount Street, Diss	-
6495	2105	2	CATTERMOLE Ethel L	F	26.04.1901	M	Unpaid domestic duties	28 Mount Street, Diss	-
6496	2105	3	CATTERMOLE Clifford R	M	13.07.1927	S	At school	28 Mount Street, Diss	-
7097	2308	1	CATTERMOLE John	M	05.01.1894	M	Mineral ward lorry driver	19 Shelfanger Road, Diss	Wartime role: A.R.P.
7098	2308	2	CATTERMOLE Lily	F	7.4.1890	M	Unpaid domestic duties	19 Shelfanger Road, Diss	-
7178	2334	1	CATTERMOLE Bertrice	F	04.06.1880	W	Unpaid domestic duties	48 Shetfarger Road, Diss	-
7179	2334	2	CATTERMOLE Cissie Louisa	F	29.01.1910	S	Domestic servant (morrings only)	48 Shetfarger Road, Diss	-
7180	2334	3	CATTERMOLE Sybil Frances	F	17.11.1922	S	Shop assistant stationery	48 Shetfarger Road, Diss	-
7252	3014	1	CATTERMOLE George H	M	29.11.1889	M	Baker	49 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7253	3014	2	CATTERMOLE Florence E	F	23.02.1892	M	Unpaid domestic duties	49 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7254	3014	3	CATTERMOLE Raymond G	M	20.01.1922	S	Brewery clerk	49 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7781	3197	1	CATTERMOLE Thomas	M	20.03.1886	M	Bottler washer heavy worker	27 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7782	3197	2	CATTERMOLE Abigail	F	18.03.1885	M	Unpaid domestic duties	27 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7801	3204	1	CATTERMOLE Leonard J	M	19.10.1910	M	Lorry driver	36 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7802	3204	2	CATTERMOLE Dorothy	F	04.04.1911	M	Unpaid domestic duties	36 Denmark Street, Diss	-
8004	3273	1	CATTERMOLE Emily	F	01.01.1870	W	Unpaid domestic duties	16 Fair Green, Diss	-
8061	3290	1	CATTERMOLE Alice	F	14.05.1867	W	Pensioner	4 Stanley Road, Diss	-
8368	4086	1	CATTERMOLE William	M	14.08.1853	W	Coal carter (retired)	3 Mission Road, Diss	-
8369	4086	2	CATTERMOLE William G	M	23.11.1878	W	General labourer	3 Mission Road, Diss	-
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