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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: WRIGHT

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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
5880	1049	1	WRIGHT Harry F	M	01.10.1880	M	Poultry keeper	Holly Farm, The Heywood, Diss	-
5881	1049	2	WRIGHT Annie M	F	21.10.1899	M	Housewife	Holly Farm, The Heywood, Diss	-
6709	2185	1	WRIGHT Thomas C	M	12.08.1880	M	Schoolmaster	2 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6710	2185	2	WRIGHT Annie	F	08.11.1879	M	Unpaid domestic duties	2 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6711	2185	3	WRIGHT Thomas M	M	04.04.1915	S	Cycle repairer	2 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6712	2185	4	WRIGHT Ronald C	M	25.07.1919	S	Grocers assistant	2 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
7270	3019	7	WRIGHT Richard T	M	06.10.1907	S	Heavy worker	54 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7345	3043	2	WRIGHT Cecil L	M	10.11.1906	M	Poultry	69 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7346	3043	3	WRIGHT Kathleen M R	F	18.12.1909	M	Unpaid domestic duties	69 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7420	3073	1	WRIGHT Francis E	M	27.07.1891	S	Chaplain, Head of College (retired)	87 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7450	3083	1	WRIGHT Alfred W	F	19.01.1886	M	Motor lorry driver	90 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7451	3083	2	WRIGHT Lottie M	M	07.11.1898	M	Unpaid domestic duties	90 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7479	3093	1	WRIGHT Walter E	M	14.04.1866	W	Veterinary Practitioner	102 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8211	4024	1	WRIGHT Anna	F	19.10.1846	S	Unpaid domestic duties	11 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8232	4035	2	WRIGHT Evelyn	F	29.07.1904	S	Unpaid domestic duties	9 Gas House Lane, Diss	-
8309	4063	1	WRIGHT Edgar G	M	07.07.1869	M	Mechanical engineer, engine and machine repairs	20 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8310	4063	2	WRIGHT Jemima E	F	12.01.1875	M	Unpaid domestic duties	20 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8342	4075	1	WRIGHT Alfred William	M	00.00.0000	M	????? (poultry) travelling	33 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8343	4075	2	WRIGHT Doris M	F	00.00.0000	M	Unpaid domestic duties	33 Victoria Road, Diss	-
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