Thomas Foster

1796 - 1872  (76 years)

• Name	Thomas Foster  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	25 Feb 1796	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [1, 4]
  	Thomas Foster|25 Feb 1796|Bristol
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	1 Sep 1815  [1]
  	2nd Lieutenant
  	TNA|WO 25/3913/50|PDF WO-25-3913_2
  Joined Ordnance Survey	1 May 1825  [5]
  	Major Thomas Foster RE
  Officer Join	1 May 1825  [2]
  	Major Thomas Foster RE
  	Thomas Foster|Major|1/5/1825||4/1829||Officers Page 0 T Foster||6/5/1825||11/4/1829||Officer Page 2
  Left Ordnance Survey	Apr 1829  [2]
  	Thomas Foster RE
  	Thomas Foster|Major|1/5/1825||4/1829||Officers Page 0
  Left Ordnance Survey	11 Apr 1829  [2]
  	T Foster RE
  	T Foster||6/5/1825||11/4/1829||Officer Page 2
  Military Discharge	8 Jun 1871  [1]
  	General Thomas Foster RE
  	TNA|WO 25/3913/50|PDF WO-25-3913_2
  Death	26 Aug 1872	London   [1]
  	26/8/1872|London
  Person ID	I18710	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Officer Service Records. [S305] Officer List V2. Details: Details: Officers. [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: Officer List.