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THORALBY
THROUGH TIME
1939 Identity Register:
Bishopdale
Friday 29th September
Note this section is constantly been updated as additional names are released.
The Register contains details of more than 41 million individuals.
Lines left blank indicate person is either still alive (details remain confidential), or has died recently.
For each individual the following details are included:
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address
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schedule number
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sub number
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surname
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first name(s)
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role (for institutions only – for example, Officer, Visitor, Servant, Patient, Inmate)
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gender
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date of birth
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marital status
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occupation
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whether the individual was a member of the armed services or reserves
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information is arranged by: enumeration district and household
Thoralby & District Home Guard WW2
Below is the complete identity register for Bishopdale.
E.D. Letter Code J HAN Borough, U.D. or R.D. Aysgarth Registration District and Sub-district 539/1
Completed by me John Heseltine Enumerator Date October 3rd


Photograph showing the men who volunteered from Thoralby, Newbiggin & Bishopdale Home Guard during WW2.
(B) after their name means they lived in Bishopdale.
(N) after their name means they lived in Newbiggin.
(T) after their name means they lived in Thoralby.
WW2 soldiers from Bishopale
I am in the process of finding out who served in WW2 from Bishopdale, at present the following people have been identified, Tom McGregor (1918-2001, see below:
Tom McGregor was a farm labourer at West Lane house, Newbiggin in the 1939 ID Register, his parents Hugh & Mary McGregor were at Newgill, Bishopdale, see below.
