What do the letters mean?

[Romilly]

 
I don't know if this helps? (From the Family Search Site)

'In 1948 the principal of "one man, one vote" was accepted in an Act which abolished the separate representation of the universities and the second vote of graduates, as well as the additional vote of those who owned businesses in premises other than their homes. From 1949/50 until 1969 the names of those who would reach the age of 21 in the first half of the year are marked with a "Y" in the register'.

Romilly.

[josey]

I am 1944 vintage & my original NHS number was four letters, three numbers [no forward slash] & is the same as on my National Registration Identity card [which I still have  ] as suggested by arthurk.

Josey

ADDED: Found this posting which has the same [almost] query
https://www.facebook.com/surreyheritage/posts/389462027801161
The suggestion  by the Electoral Commission Officewas to contact the Parliamentary Archives.

[carol8353]

I am 1944 vintage & my original NHS number was four letters, three numbers [no forward slash] & is the same as on my National Registration Identity card [which I still have  ] as suggested by arthurk.

Josey

ADDED: Found this posting which has the same [almost] query
https://www.facebook.com/surreyheritage/posts/389462027801161
The suggestion  by the Electoral Commission Officewas to contact the Parliamentary Archives.

Yes the query I am helping with is on Ancestry.

[Alexander.]

Ancestry.co.uk is still down for me so I can't check myself, but if there are similar entries on the same or surrounding pages, it would be worth comparing.

Alexander

[Alexander.]

I'm liking Arthur's suggestion.

BXA was the district code for Willesden, which formed the prefix of National Identity Card numbers in 1939.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0156d/

Alexander

[Flattybasher9]

National Registration Act 1939

Class Codes

Class Codes were used for administration and electoral purposes. Cards were marked A, B, C, N or V.

    A: Aged over 21
    B: Aged between 16 and 21

Additionally, all class code 'B' cards were followed by three numbers. The first two indicated the year in which the holder was born whilst the third indicated which quarter of the year the holder was born in. For example, B. 252 would show that the holder was born in the second quarter of 1925 and would also indicate to a polling clerk that the holder would attain adult status in the second quarter of 1946 (i.e. reach the age of 21).

    C: Appeared on yellow cards issued to workers from the Republic of Ireland who were conditionally admitted to Great Britain.
    N: Cards re-issued under an altered name.
    V: Placed on yellow cards issued to people over 16 arriving in this country who declared that they were usually resident outside the UK.

Temporary buff cards were issued to children under 16 but did not carry a class code.

Regards

Malky

[montie]

Isn't it the code found on Birth Certificates issued by the GRO? I imagine in the context of an electoral roll it would have been used to differentiate two people with the same name.

[stanmapstone]

Isn't it the code found on Birth Certificates issued by the GRO? I imagine in the context of an electoral roll it would have been used to differentiate two people with the same name.

All the GRO birth certificates I have only have six numbers. BXHV/194/2 is a National Registration Identity Card Number mine was JBDE/222/4

Stan

[carol8353]

I'm liking Arthur's suggestion.

BXA was the district code for Willesden, which formed the prefix of National Identity Card numbers in 1939.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0156d/

Alexander

Many thanks for this.

So if BXA is Willesden,where is  BXHV ?