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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: WARD

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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 = 31 from 124353
ID	No.	H/H	Name	Gender	DoB	Status	Occupation	Address	Notes
6179	2003	1	WARD Ethel	F	02.02.1908	M	Unpaid domestic duties	28 Stanley Road, Diss	-
6180	2003	2	WARD Harry	M	19.03.1928	S	At school	28 Stanley Road, Diss	-
6181	2003	4	WARD Eric	M	25.07.1932	S	At school	28 Stanley Road, Diss	-
6182	2003	5	WARD Doreen	F	15.03.1934	S	At school	28 Stanley Road, Diss	-
6183	2003	7	WARD John	M	15.06.1938	S	Under school age	28 Stanley Road, Diss	-
6344	2052	1	WARD Annie H	F	23.06.1877	W	Unpaid household duties	12 Beehive Yard, Diss	-
6345	2052	2	WARD Bertie Wm	M	11.08.1908	S	General labourer roading	12 Beehive Yard, Diss	-
6346	2052	3	WARD Arthur	M	14.01.1915	S	General labourer - builder	12 Beehive Yard, Diss	-
6347	2052	4	WARD Frescault F J.	M	09.07.1918	S	Pte Royal Norfolks - No.100911??	12 Beehive Yard, Diss	-
6505	2108	1	WARD Cyril	M	26.05.1895	M	Mat trimmer	31 Mount Street, Diss	-
6506	2108	2	WARD Dorothy M	F	21.08.1905	M	Household duties	31 Mount Street, Diss	-
6623	2153	1	WARD Harry E	M	13.03.1900	M	Brush packer	27 Sunnyside, Diss	Wartime role: Factory A.R.P.
6624	2153	2	WARD Edith G	F	09.07.1905	M	Unpaid domestic duties	27 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6625	2153	4	WARD Neville	M	02.09.1936	S	Under school age	27 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6634	2158	1	WARD Florence	F	30.10.1885	W	House duties	31 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6706	2184	1	WARD Frederick	M	27.05.1889	M	Time keeper&ass't packer	1 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6707	2184	2	WARD Georgina M	F	23.06.1892	M	Unpaid domestic duties	1 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6708	2184	3	WARD Owen A L	M	28.06.1924	S	At school	1 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6720	2189	1	WARD Harry	M	06.09.1864	M	Mat maker	5 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6721	2189	2	WARD Emma	F	12.07.1865	M	Unpaid domestic duties	5 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
7148	2321	1	WARD Dennis	M	16.07.1900	M	Mat maker heavy worker	35 Shelfanger Road, Diss	-
7149	2321	2	WARD Louisa	F	31.05.1896	M	Unpaid domestic duties	35 Shelfanger Road, Diss	-
7679	3159	3	WARD Kathleen F	F	21.04.1922	S	Waitress and general help	Kings Head Hotel, Diss	-
8190	4011	2	WARD Margaret	F	21.09.1921	S	Accepted as probationer nurse, not previously employed	8B Victoria Road, Diss	Wartime role: A.R.P. First Aid
8191	4011	3	WARD Dora	F	04.06.1892	M	Unpaid domestic duties	8B Victoria Road, Diss	Wartime role: A.R.P. Report Centre
8192	4011	4	WARD Harold J	M	29.07.1889	M	Auchioneers cashier	8B Victoria Road, Diss	Wartime role: A.R.P. Report Centre
8686	4198	1	WARD Percy J	M	27.03.1887	M	General lablouer (heavy work)	16 Chapel Street, Diss	-
8687	4198	2	WARD Daisy	F	20.02.1884	M	Unpaid domestic duties	16 Chapel Street, Diss	-
8688	4198	3	WARD Ethel F	F	29.04.1815	S	Brush machinist	16 Chapel Street, Diss	-
8689	4199	1	WARD Edward C	M	14.09.1879	M	Warehouseman	17 Chapel Street, Diss	-
8690	4199	2	WARD Agnes L	F	05.07.1878	M	Unpaid domestic duties	17 Chapel Street, Diss	-
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