Edward Renonard James b. 23 Jul 1833 Salford, Manchester d. 14 Oct 1909 London: Ordnance Survey People

1833 - 1909 (76 years)

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Name	Edward Renonard James [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	23 Jul 1833	Salford, Manchester [1, 3, 5]
	Edward Renonard James\|23 Jul 1833\|Salford, Manchester
Gender	Male
Military Enlistment	14 Dec 1851 [1]
	2nd Lieutenant
	TNA\|WO 25/3913/234\|PDF WO-25-3913_5
Joined Ordnance Survey	1 Feb 1859 [6]
	1st Lieutenant E R James RE
Officer Join	1 Feb 1859 [2]
	1st Lieutenant E R James RE
	E R James\|1st Lieutenant\|1/2/1859\|1st Captain\|25/4/1872\|\|Officer Page 5
1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Brunton Place, Rickergate, Carlisle, Cumberland, England [5]
	Captain, Royal Engineers
	Edward R James: Born 1834 in Salford, Lancashire, England Captain royal engineers: Brunton Place, Rickergate, Carlisle, Cumberland, England
1871 Survey Company	1871 [7]
	Captain, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
Left Ordnance Survey	25 Apr 1872 [2]
	1st Captain E R James RE
	E R James\|1st Lieutenant\|1/2/1859\|1st Captain\|25/4/1872\|\|Officer Page 5
Military Discharge	1 Oct 1882 [1]
	Major General Edward Renonard James RE
	TNA\|WO 25/3913/234\|PDF WO-25-3913_5
Death	14 Oct 1909	London [1]
	14/10/1909\|London
Person ID	I18680	Ordnance Survey People
Last Modified	4 Jul 2026

Family	Eleanor A James, b. 1838, Cumberland, England
Family ID	F4903	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	4 Jul 2026

Details: Officer Service Records.
[S305] Officer List V2.
[S280] Officer Service Records, Officer Service Records.
Royal Engineers Officer Service Records Including campaigns, marriages, births of children, names and address of next of kin, etc. (with Index).
References: WO 25/3913, WO 25/3914, WO 25/3915, WO 25/3916, WO 25/3917, WO 25/3918, WO 25/3919
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4400776
Details: Details: Officers.
Details: 1861.
Details: Officer List.
[S306] Survey Company.
FindmyPast provides access to a transcription of the British Army, Worldwide Index for 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871. Within the records for the Royal Sappers and Miners (1841 and 1851, and Royal Engineers (1861 and 1871) are transcriptions for the Survey Companies; 13, 14 and 16 Companies. These Companies were established specifically for duties in support of the Ordnance Survey. There are 1043 individuals identified in these transcriptions. The transcriptions include the following information; Year, Name, Rank, Army Number, Company, Station, and Comments.

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