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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: CULLUM

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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 = 21 from 124353
ID	No.	H/H	Name	Gender	DoB	Status	Occupation	Address	Notes
6530	2119	1	CULLUM George E	M	20.04.1883	M	Brewers drayman	44 Mount Street, Diss	Naval pensioner
6531	2119	2	CULLUM Daisy	F	04.07.1896	M	Unpaid domestic duties	44 Mount Street, Diss	-
6532	2119	3	CULLUM Cecil E	M	29.04.1921	S	Retired press printers apprentice	44 Mount Street, Diss	-
6533	2119	4	CULLUM Ronald G	M	27.05.1928	S	At school	44 Mount Street, Diss	-
6534	2119	5	CULLUM Ivan R	M	20.08.1929	S	At school	44 Mount Street, Diss	-
6919	2247	3	CULLUM James	M	30.07.1864	M	Company secretary retired	Millfield House, Diss	-
6920	2247	4	CULLUM Harriet E	F	02.05.1863	M	Domestic duties retired	Millfield House, Diss	-
6921	2247	5	CULLUM Dorothy J	F	07.05.1894	S	Unpaid domestic duties	Millfield House, Diss	-
6930	2251	1	CULLUM Rhoda A	F	07.06.1883	M	Housewife unpaid	19 Roydon Road, Diss	-
7271	3020	1	CULLUM John	M	00.05.1854	S	Police pensioner (retired)	55 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7304	3033	1	CULLUM Arthur L	M	13.05.1885	M	Maltster	3 Mill Drive, Diss	-
7305	3033	2	CULLUM Dick	M	21.09.1907	S	Farm labourer, kitchen porter	3 Mill Drive, Diss	748640 Sgt in R.A.F.
7306	3033	3	CULLUM Jack L	M	18.10.1915	S	-	3 Mill Drive, Diss	-
7307	3033	4	CULLUM Frank I	M	13.09.1917	S	Van driver	3 Mill Drive, Diss	-
7308	3033	5	CULLUM Doris V	F	14.02.1926	S	At school	3 Mill Drive, Diss	-
7309	3033	6	CULLUM Geoffrey R	M	23.08.1927	S	At school	3 Mill Drive, Diss	-
8264	4045	1	CULLUM Margaret L	F	22.05.1879	W	Unpaid domestic duties	9 Vinces Lane, Diss	-
8265	4045	2	CULLUM Reginald William	M	26.04.1906	S	Tractor driver, farm labourer	9 Vinces Lane, Diss	-
8570	4155	1	CULLUM Nellie F	F	02.01.1890	S	Domestic duties	7 Frenze Road, Diss	-
8571	4155	2	CULLUM Dorothy L	F	26.10.1897	S	Drapery manager, Co-operative Stores	7 Frenze Road, Diss	-
8589	4160	4	CULLUM Blanche F	F	02.01.1902	S	Cook in school	Entry House, Diss	-
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