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General Register Office Circulars: Deaths due to war operations: special arrangements...

Catalogue reference: RG 41/33

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This record is about the General Register Office Circulars: Deaths due to war operations: special arrangements... dating from 1939 in the series General Register Office: Circulars. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
RG 41/33
Date
1939
Description

General Register Office Circulars:

  • Deaths due to war operations: special arrangements for registration and disposal of bodies (Former reference: Reg. W.1).
  • Transmission of certified copies in the event of an outbreak of hostilities.
  • Deaths due to war operations; Form AFWD (Former reference: Reg.W.2).
  • Transmission of certified copies in the event of an outbreak of hostilities (Reg.W.3). Weekly transmission of forms 309 and 310; deaths of civilians due to war operations (S.D e).
  • National registration - addresses for correspondence (Former reference: Reg.W.4).
  • Headquarters address for correspondence and weekly returns of cases of infectious diseases (Former reference: Reg.W.5).
  • Transmission of certified copies (Former reference: Reg.W.6).
  • Marriage of aliens (Former reference: Reg.W.7).
  • Registration attendances - evening (Former reference: Reg.W.8).
  • Members of Armed Forces - description of occupation in birth, marriage and death entries. Births and deaths occurring away from the usual place of residence - evacuated persons and others. Registration of births of children of evacuated persons which occurred prior to evacuation. Transmission of certified copies (Former reference: Reg.W.9).
  • Address for forms 309 and 310, correspondence and quarterly return (Former reference: Reg.W.10).
  • Address for correspondence and returns (Former reference: Reg.W.11).
  • Deaths due to war operations, bodies removed into England and Wales (Former reference: Reg.W.12).
  • Deaths due to war operations, bodies removed into England and Wales (Former reference: Reg.W.13).
  • Appointment of additional deputies etc, during the war (Former reference: Reg.W.14).
  • Appointment of additional deputies etc, during the war (Former reference: Reg.W.15).
  • Address for correspondence and returns. Registrar General's sanction for marriages (Former reference: Reg.W.16).
  • Address for correspondence and other matters (Former reference: Reg.W.17).
  • Address for correspondence (Former reference: Reg.W.18).
  • Deaths due to war operations. Telephone calls. Change of name - National Register. Birth and marriage certificates - Armed Forces. Transmission of certified copies and carbon impressions (Former reference: Reg.W.19).
  • No necessity for members of HM Forces to obtain birth and marriage certificates for family or dependants' allowances (Former reference: Reg.W.20).
  • Collection of identity cards and ration books; transmission of identity cards and forms NR.45. Marriage of members of HM Forces - residence. Transmission of certified copies and carbon impressions. Medical certificates of cause of death. Change of name (Former reference: Reg.W.21).
  • Collection of identity cards and ration books and issue of birth forms (Former reference: Reg.W.22).
  • Addresses for correspondence; telephone calls. Bodies washed ashore during the war. Collection of identity cards and ration books (Former reference: Reg.W.23).
  • Address for correspondence (Former reference: Reg.W.24).
  • Fees for marriage by licence - members of HM Forces (Former reference: Reg.W.25).
  • Fees for marriage by licence - members of HM Forces (Former reference: Reg.W.26).
  • National Registration and food rationing (Former reference: Reg.W.27).
  • National Registration and food rationing (Former reference: Reg.W.28).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Marriage and divorce
Conflict
Population
Children
Food and drink
Census
Communications
Rationing
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Operations, battles and campaigns
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3542990/

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RG 41

General Register Office: Circulars

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