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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Dark blue canvas covered notebook with large white labe on the front, on which is printed 'MONMOUTHSHIRE CONSTABULARY, TREDEGAR DIVISION, ALIENS REGISTRATION.' Inside are handwritten entries recording the names and addresses of foreign born residents receiving serial or certificate numbers between April 1917 and November 1947. The majority of entries date from 1947 and have Training Centre Oakdale given as an address, indicating those who had arrived to work as coalminers. Contains numerous stamps from the Chief Constable's Office in Abergavenny.
The requirement for aliens (the then legal term for immigrants to Britain) to register with the police was introduced under the provisions of the Aliens Registration Act 1914. It was renewed by the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 and the Immigration Act 1971. The legislation gave to the government the power to require such individuals to register with the police giving detailed particulars including name, address, marital status, employment or occupation, including employer's name and address, a photograph, and to pay a registration fee. A registered person was required also to register changes of address, marital status, nationality, and employment or occupation. In return the individual received a police certificate of registration.
