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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: NUNN

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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 = 26 from 124353
ID	No.	H/H	Name	Gender	DoB	Status	Occupation	Address	Notes
5795	1021	1	NUNN Bertie	M	19.11.1907	M	Gamekeeper	Roseville, The Heywood, Diss	Wartime role: Application in for Special Constable
5796	1021	2	NUNN Ivy M	F	08.06.1916	M	Unpaid domestic duties	Roseville, The Heywood, Diss	-
5797	1021	4	NUNN Kate	F	17.07.1869	W	-	Roseville, The Heywood, Diss	-
6272	2029	2	NUNN Thomas	M	08.04.1874	S	Gardener	56 Jubilee Place, Diss	-
6449	2089	1	NUNN Frederick M	M	12.02.1883	M	Decorator (master)	12 Mount Street, Diss	-
6450	2089	2	NUNN Alice M	F	29.01.1885	M	Unpaid domestic duties	12 Mount Street, Diss	-
6451	2089	3	NUNN Jack William	M	30.07.1917	S	Apprentice Assurance ??	12 Mount Street, Diss	-
6549	2127	1	NUNN William A	M	19.08.1891	M	Postman	2 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6550	2127	2	NUNN Hester L L	F	01.01.1892	M	Unpaid domestic duties	2 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6626	2154	1	NUNN Victor R	M	26.03.1887	M	House decorator	28 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6627	2154	2	NUNN Alice E	F	20.01.1894	M	Unpaid domestic duties	28 Sunnyside, Diss	Wartime role: A.R.P First Aid Post
6628	2154	3	NUNN Kathleen M	F	25.04.1915	M	Ladies hairdresser	28 Sunnyside, Diss	Wartime role: A.R.P First Aid Post
6631	2156	1	NUNN Beatrice A	F	21.03.1885	S	Disabled	29 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6632	2156	2	NUNN Edith M	F	09.12.1888	S	Housekeeper	29 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6659	2167	2	NUNN Hannah M	F	02.07.1914	S	School teacher domestic sc bs	40 Sunnyside, Diss	-
7143	2319	1	NUNN Richard	M	08.04.1878	M	Spindle wood moulder machinist	33 Shelfanger Road, Diss	-
7144	2319	2	NUNN Elizabeth S	F	10.04.1882	M	Unpaid domestic duties	33 Shelfanger Road, Diss	Wartime role: W.V.S.
7145	2319	3	NUNN Arthur R	M	16.11.1906	M	Post Office labourer, heavy work, engineering dept.	33 Shelfanger Road, Diss	Wartime role:
7146	2320	1	NUNN Alban	M	20.12.1905	M	Autombile wood turner & setter	34 Shelfanger Road, Diss	-
7147	2320	2	NUNN Margaret	F	23.07.1909	M	Unpaid domestic duties	34 Shelfanger Road, Diss	-
7160	2327	1	NUNN Jessie	M	06.11.1880	W	Market gardener own account	41 Shelfanger Road, Diss	-
7161	2327	2	NUNN Robert J	M	21.02.1914	S	Brewers transport manager	41 Shelfanger Road, Diss	-
7626	3147	1	NUNN Francis C	M	10.01.1880	M	Tailor	2 Park Road, Diss	-
7627	3147	2	NUNN Winifred S	F	06.09.1877	M	Unpaid domestic duties	2 Park Road, Diss	-
7628	3147	3	NUNN Joyce W	F	16.06.1914	S	Assistant school teacher	2 Park Road, Diss	-
8696	4200	6	NUNN Ernest R	M	12.02.1913	S	Shop assistant (ironmongers)	18 Chapel Street, Diss	-
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