1939 Register Codes & Three Surnames

[Elastik]

This individual from the 1939 Register started as Fanny Hirst & was then amended to Fanny Lovatt & Fanny Fay (timing uncertain). The alteration codes on the left seem to say -
1/2 M/C
Ref 1/2 M/C
KC 25.2.60
BRS 7.5.54
I've read that 1/2 M/C refers to the issuing of a Medical Card in a new name. I don't know about Ref 1/2 M/C. Does anyone know what KC & BRS might mean? I know this individual married in the June Quarter of 1954. Her married name is Fay. Is Lovatt a first marriage or a name change for some other reason? I thought KC or BRS might give some clue as to the 2nd surname. Any assistance greatly appreciated.

(I have obscured the identity of the subject for privacy, that is to say, these codes weren't applied to this particular individual.)

[carol8353]

Is she the Fanny Hirst who married Albert S Lovatt in Blackpool in March 1/4 of 1942?
You say she married in June 1954, under what name and to whom?

[Galium]

Although the GRO marriage index doesn't show this - the Lancashire BMD index gives Fay as an alternative forename for Fanny Hirst marrying Albert Stanley Lovatt.

[Elastik]

Thanks for replying. Misunderstanding. My question is purely about the meaning of the handwritten codes appearing to the left of this individual. My question does not concern this individual or her particular history in any way whatsoever. I just used her various identities as a place holder because they follow the same pattern as my subject whose identity I cannot reveal for various reason. If you locate the person with these names (Hirst etc) in the 1939 Register you will see that these codes do not appear next to her name. She is a place-holder - because she was born with one name but is also recorded as being known by two others - just like my subject. Sorry if I have confused anyone. My question is - -

What do the codes mean?

They apply to someone (a female) who was born with one name, then acquired an intermediate name (by means unknown) then acquired a married name. That's 3 altogether. Thanks for any help.

[garden genie]

They are not codes. They are the initials of whichever civil servant or nhs staff member applied the name change to the record.

[Galium]

Sorry - I should have read more carefully.
The three letter codes are often enumeration district codes:

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/1939-register-enumeration-districts

These apply, at least some of the time, to the place where the change of name was registered.  So eg, my aunt married in Nottingham, but the district code noting the name change was for the place in Cornwall where she lived  after her marriage.

[nanny jan]

My mum is on 1939 Register with three surnames; her maiden name, her first married name (widowed in WW2) and her second married name. But of a squash to fit them in!

[garden genie]

That is a useful list Galium but neither KC or BRS are on it, so I still think my solution is more likely. (I used to be a civil servant and we had to initial everything!)

[Elastik]

That is a useful list Galium but neither KC or BRS are on it, so I still think my solution is more likely. (I used to be a civil servant and we had to initial everything!)

I see. So your thinking is that KC could be Katherine Charles and BRS might be Bertram Royce-Smith & that these people were employed maintaining and amending the Register? Is that the idea? And that the dates simply refer to when they added a new name. So, it would be reasonable to see multiple KCs & BRSs across the Register over the decades it was in use because these employees would probably have done this job for some time. Is this the theory?