1939 register

[carol8353]

In the 1939 register, my ancestor Kathleen Meehan is shown as living with her parents in Darlington. The entry also shows her later married name of Phipps. However, to the left of her name, in the column where the schedule number is, is (the date?) 13 8 42 and below that the letters XJDM. It looks as if the M may have been written in a different hand to the other letters.
My question is, what are these dates and letters likely to mean?

I think you'll find that the date says 13/8/1947.The bit at the bottom belongs to the number 3 on her number in the household.

My mum was married on 11 Dec 1948 and the image on her page says the 22nd Dec,ie the date that the marriage info reached the powers that be.

[groom]

I think you'll find that the date says 13/8/1947.The bit at the bottom belongs to the number 3 on her number in the household.

Yes, you are right, Carol, it is a 7 not a 2. Why didn't I think to check it. 

[Geoff-E]

I have my mum's ID card.

The date entry on my mum's 1939 register entry is the day after she registered her change of name (actually the month after she was married). She has actually signed her ID card with her married name, so the entry on the register was virtually immediate.

Further stamps on her ID card correspond to informing the authorities of change of address. These don't appear as marks on the 1939 register.

[wotty]

Thank you all. You are absolutely right, Carol, and it makes complete sense as that is two months after their wedding in Darlington.

Time for me to go back to Specsavers.

[carol8353]

Thank you all. You are absolutely right, Carol, and it makes complete sense as that is two months after their wedding in Darlington.

Time for me to go back to Specsavers.

Years of experience of reading squeezed in writing Wotty,glad it now makes sense to you