Absent Voters - data sheet

The “absent voters’ lists” are registers of eligible voters who were absent from their homes. These are of particular importance for those whose fought during the WW1. Parliament passed the 1918 Representation of the People Act to reform elections in Great Britain and Ireland, and so men between 19 and 20 who were serving in the armed forces were given the right to vote and for the first time could register as absent voters. Absent voters lists also contain the names of anyone whose work was recognised by the Admiralty, Army Council or Air Council, such as merchant seamen, fisherman and those working for the Red Cross. The registers also include the names of many women, those overseas with the Women’s Auxiliary Army and other services that were supporting the war effort and were over 30.
Applications for an absent vote had to be made by August for the autumn and by February for the spring. The registers were printed twice a year. The names of absent voters were sent to the Adjutant General’s Department of the War Office who then arranged for voting cards to be sent to men in the UK and ballot papers to those in France or elsewhere. Some were left out because of the rushed process. The first lists were completed by August 1918 and published that October. Subsequently, the lists may include names of men who were killed, missing or taken prisoner in the period of time between the compiling of lists and the publication of the register. After an election, the counting of votes was delayed by up to eight days to ensure the absent votes were included. This practice occurred during the First World War and for over twelve months after.
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Records found = 32 from 102444
ID	No.	Name	Date	Address	Notes
77551	1	ALLEN Elijah	1918	White Horse Inn	26561 Pte., 124 Prot. Co. R.D.C.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77552	2	ANDREWS Frederick	1918	Nr. Church	200552 Pte., 1/4th Nfks.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77553	3	ANSCOMB James	1918	Nr. White House	T/4/238138 Dvr., H.T., A.S.C.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77554	4	ARNOLD Frederick Arthur	1918	Street	566899 Pte., 940th A.E. Art. Co.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77555	5	BROWN Samuel Cornelius	1918	Street	26210 Cpl., 19th Bn. R.D.C.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77556	6	BROWN Edward	1918	Street	250625 Pte., 9th Bn. D.L.I.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77557	7	CURTIS Thomas Samuel	1918	White Horse Inn	167718 Pte., Lon. R. Fus.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77558	8	FEEK Arthur Edward	1918	Street	20964 Pte., 3rd Bn. Essex; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77559	9	FULLER Frederick Henry	1918	Nr. Church	14691 Cpl., 3rd Nfks.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77560	10	HURRY Ernest	1918	Nr. Church	J47833 A.B., R.N. H.M.S. Britannia; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77561	11	LUDKIN Reginald	1918	Street	30393 Pte., 2nd Nfks.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77562	12	MANNING Jack Leslie	1918	Hapton	365769 Pte., 569th Ag. Co.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77563	13	SHELDRAKE George Henry	1918	Village	218259 Sap., 259th Rly. Co. R.E.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77564	14	WHARTON Richard	1918	Norwich Road	56229 Pte., 661st Ag. Co.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77565	15	WHITHAM George Isaac	1918	Street	19643 Pte., 2nd Nfks.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77566	16	WOOLTERTON Jesse Samuel	1918	Village	357897 Pte., 802nd A.E. Co. Lab. Corps.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77567	17	ANDREWS Frederick	Spr 1919	Nr. Church	Farm, Bowthorpe; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77568	18	ANSCOMB James	Spr 1919	Nr. White House	Nr. White House, Hapton; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77569	19	ARNOLD Frederick Arthur	Spr 1919	Street	Street Hapton; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77570	20	BROWN Samuerl Cornelius	Spr 1919	Street	Street Hapton; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77571	21	BROWN Edward	Spr 1919	Street	Street Hapton; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77572	22	FEEK Arthur nEdward	Spr 1919	Street	Street Hapton; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77573	23	HURRY Ernest	Spr 1919	Nr. Church	J47833 A.B., R.N. H.M.S. Britannia; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77574	24	LUDKIN Reginald	Spr 1919	Street	30393 Pte., 2nd Nfks.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77575	25	MANNING Jack Leslie	Spr 1919	Hapton	365769 Pte., 569th Ag. Co.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77576	26	SHELDRAKE George Henry	Spr 1919	Village	WR/262493 Sap., 259th Rly. Co. R.E.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77577	27	WHARTON Richard	Spr 1919	Norwich Road	56229 Pte., 661st Ag. Co.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77578	28	WHITHAM George Isaac	Spr 1919	Street	Street, Hapton; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77579	29	WOOLTERTON Jesse Samuel	Spr 1919	Village	357897 Pte., 802nd A.E. Co. Lab. Corps.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77580	30	HURRY Ernest	Aut 1919	Nr. Church	J47833 A.B., H.M.S. Britannia; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77581	31	LUDKIN Reginald Hall	Aut 1919	Street	30393 Pte., 2nd Nfks.; Fundenhall Poll. Dist. (U)
77582	32	HAZELL Arthur Samuel	1921	Norwich Road	1413902 Gnr., 2nd Bty., R.G.A.; Polling Dist. (U)
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='HAPT' AND EventType = 'Absent Voters' ORDER BY ID"