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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ID	No.	Name	Date	Address	Notes
46215	273	AMYES William	1918	Spot	524018 Pte., 410th Ag. Co.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46216	274	BISHOP William George	1918	Street	25597 Sgt., l/5th Bn. Nfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46217	275	BULLOCK Alfred Philip	1918	Nr. Common	39602 L.-Cpl., 25th Middlesex; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46218	276	CANN Arthur James	1918	Street	R/423086 Pte., Remounts A.S.C.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46219	277	CLARKE George	1918	Stubbs Green	198820, 377th Lab. Co.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46220	278	CLARKE Charles William	1918	Spot Cottage	Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46221	279	COPEMAN Frank	1918	Street	Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46222	280	COPEMAN William Alexander	1918	Street	TT03660 A.-Sgt., A.V.C.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46223	281	EDMUNDS Christopher John	1918	Street	84561 Sap., 5th Res. Bn. R.E.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46224	282	FLEGG Thomas Daniel	1918	Stubbs Green	209403, R.F.A.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46225	283	FLINT George Robert	1918	Stubbs Green	Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46226	284	FRANCIS Herbert William	1918	Stubbs Green	1st Nfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46227	285	GOOSE Joseph John	1918	Church Hill	26557 Pte., 9th Bn. K.O.R. Lancs.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46228	286	HAGGITH Donald Frederick	1918	Village	70762 Pte., Berks Yeo.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46229	287	HAGGITH John	1918	Street	14687 Pte., B Co. 7th Nfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46230	288	HAGGITH Donald	1918	Street	Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46231	289	HAM Horace	1918	Village	240714 Pte., 1/5th D.C.L.I.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46232	290	HOWELL Leonard	1918	Howe Rd.	Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46233	291	HUNTER Charles William	1918	Little Wood Farm	142663 Pte., 7th Beds. M.G.C.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46234	292	KIDNER Alfred William	1918	Naiden's Lane	101st Bde. R.F.A.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46235	293	KING Ernest Blake	1918	Street	Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46236	294	KING Albert Ernest	1918	Street	63137 106th Lab. Co. -; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46237	295	LAKE Ernest Archer	1918	High House	28206 Pte., 11th Bn. Essex; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46238	296	LAKE Walter George	1918	Woolfer Green Farm	29676 CpL, 7th Nfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46239	297	LAWES George Albert Victor	1918	Duke's Head Inn	346034 L.-Cpl., 212th Emp. Co. Lab. Co.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46240	298	LEGGETT William	1918	Street	320146 Pte., 12th Yeo. Bn. Nfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46241	299	LEIGHTON Albert William	1918	Village	484258 Pte., 404th Ag. Co.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46242	300	LOVEWELL Alfred Charles	1918	Grove Farm	320138 Cpl., 12th Nfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46243	301	NEWTON Jonathan	1918	Street	348064, Lancs. Fus.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46244	302	PAYNE Thomas Edward	1918	Street	Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46245	303	PEGG James William	1918	Street	355336 Dvr., 239th Co. A.S.C.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46246	304	POWLEY Ernest Edward	1918	Street	46564 Dvr., Am. ,Col. R.F.A.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46247	305	RAMPLEY Bertie	1918	Heath Farm	Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46248	306	SMITH Harry John	1918	Street	68862 Gnr., 142nd Hvy. Batty. R.G.A.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46249	307	SMITH John	1918	Street	10709 Pte., Coldstream Guards; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46250	308	SMITH Ambrose	1918	Street	16814 Pte., 2nd Nfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46251	309	TYRRELL, Sidney Herbert	1918	Street	210746 Cpl.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46252	310	WARR Arthur Herbert	1918	Village	174043 Dvr., 131st Hvy. Bn. R.G.A.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46253	311	WATSON Henry James	1918	Barrack Yd.	R/3012, A.B., R.N.D. Hawke Bn.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46254	312	WICKS Martin	1918	Village	30837 Pte., 1st Bn. Sfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
46255	313	YOUNGMAN Henry	1918	Market Lane	200142 Pte., l/4th Nfks.; Shotesham Poll Dist. (Zt)
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='SHAS' AND EventType = 'Absent Voters' ORDER BY ID"