Frederick Ralph ARCHER

1887 - 1949  (61 years)

• Name	Frederick Ralph ARCHER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	24 Oct 1887  [3, 4, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  1901 Census	1901	Chelsea, London, England   [3]
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	Shrewsbury, Shorpshire, England   [4]
  	Royal Engineer
  RE1914	1 Jan 1914	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  	20046, LCpI, I inch Field Revisers, Headquarters Division, Southampton
  _MILT	7 Oct 1914  [6, 7, 8]
  	Royal Engineers
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	The Tanyard, The Green, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England   [10]
  	Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Joined Ordnance Survey	11 Oct 1926  [11]
  	9223
  Joined Ordnance Survey	11 Oct 1926  [11]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	11 Oct 1926  [11]
  	9223, Frederick Ralph Archer
  	Name: Frederick Ralph Archer Date of Birth: 24/10/1887 Date Joined OS: 11/10/1926 Date Left OS: 18/10/1934 Last entry, See Staff Record Sheet See No 2632 RE Reg Date of Death: 16/3/1949
  RoS Last Entry	18 Oct 1934  [11]
  	Last entry, See Staff Record Sheet
  	See No 2632 RE Reg
  1939 Register	1939	Eskdalemuir, Kanes Hill, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9]
  	Small Scale Map Examiner Ordnance Survey
  Name	Frederick Ralph Archer  [11]
  Death	16 Mar 1949	Eskdalemuir, Kanes Hill, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2, 11]
  Person ID	I48539	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	William George ARCHER,   b. Abt 1848, Kilburn, Middlesex, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Henrietta Emma ARCHER,   b. 1854, Gosport, Hampshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daisy Florence PRESNALL,   b. 26 Oct 1888, Bermondsey, London, England
  Marriage	Dec 1918	Croydon, Surrey, England   [5]
  Children	1. Peter J ARCHER   2. Robin G ARCHER
  Family ID	F385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Photos

  WO's and Sergeant's Mess 1926 Survey Battalion RE WO's and Sergeant's mess 1926

  
  

• Sources

  [S282] Ordnance Survey, Station List 1914, (Name: Ordnance Survey; Location: Southampton; Date: 1914;), Station list of Royal Engineers employed on the Ordnance Survey - 1 January 1914. Transcription by Clive Boocock - 2021 [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 Frederick Ralph Archer [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 80; Folio: 47; Page: 9. Record for Frederick Ralph Archer [S2] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Class: RG14; Piece: 16081; Schedule Number: 255. Record for Frederick Archer [S161] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Frederick R Archer http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ONSmarriage1984&h=65126213&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 Frederick R Archer http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=MedalRolls&h=129286&indiv=try [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; WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls; Class: WO 329; Piece Number: 427. Record for Frederick R Archer http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=IWOServiceMedalAwardRolls&h=3234295&indiv=try [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; WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls; Class: WO 329; Piece Number: 2418. Record for F R Archer http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=IWOServiceMedalAwardRolls&h=6506798&indiv=try [S194] Ancestry.com, 1939 England and Wales Register, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/2411A. Record for Frederick R Archer https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61596&h=3167200&indiv=try Details: 1921 Census. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff.