Francis Morton CLOSE

1870 - 1950  (79 years)

• Name	Francis Morton CLOSE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	11 Dec 1870	Woolwich   [1, 3, 5, 12]
  	Francis Morton Close|11/12/1870|Woolwich
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	27 Jul 1889  [1]
  	2nd Lieutenant
  	TNA|WO 25/3917/153|PDF WO-25-3917_5
  1901 Census	1901	Woolwich, Kent, England   [3]
  	Captain, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	22 Mar 1907  [13]
  	Captain F M Close RE
  Officer Join	22 Mar 1907  [2]
  	Captain F M Close RE
  	F M Close|Captain|22/03/1907||21/06/1915||Officers Page 9
  Military Discharge	27 Jul 1909  [1]
  	Major Francis Morton Close RE
  	TNA|WO 25/3917/153|PDF WO-25-3917_5
  1911 Census	1911	Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England   [4]
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Major, Royal Engineers
  Officer Leave	21 Jun 1915  [2]
  	F M Close RE
  	F M Close|Captain|22/03/1907||21/06/1915||Officers Page 9
  _MILT	11 Sep 1915	France   [8, 11]
  	Lt Col, Royal Engineers
  Death	23 Mar 1950	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England   [7]
  Person ID	I18740	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Sarah Hawkes CLOSE,   b. Abt 1871, Ballygarvan, Cork, Ireland d. 19 Dec 1956, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. James Stevens CLOSE,   b. 11 Aug 1907, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. Jun 1976, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frederick CLOSE,   b. Abt 1900, Woolwich, Kent, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Officer Service Records. [S305] Officer List V2. [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 571; Folio: 161; Page: 14. Record for Francis M Close http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=4359390&indiv=try [S138] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census Summary Books, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Class: RG78; Piece: 263. Record for F M Close Colonel http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911EnglandSummary&h=7306691&indiv=try [S2] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Class: RG14; Piece: 5991; Schedule Number: 360. Record for Francis Morton Close http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911England&h=42885050&indiv=try [S32] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Francis Morton Close http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSIrelandCivRegMarriage&h=2955895&indiv=try [S155] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Francis Morton Close http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=UKProbateCal&h=18165329&indiv=try [S3] Ancestry.com, British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). Record for F M Close http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=MedalRolls&h=808894&indiv=try 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 [S95] Ancestry.com, UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. WO329; Ref: 2946. Record for F M Close https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5119&h=3068167&indiv=try [S280] Officer Service Records, Officer Service Records (Reliability: 4). 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.