Charles Walter PROWLES

1897 - 1974  (77 years)

• Name	Charles Walter PROWLES  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	22 Mar 1897	Boscombe, Hampshire, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	21 Jun 1912  [4]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	21 Jun 1912  [4]
  	8621, Chas Walter Prowels
  	Name: Chas Walter Prowels Date of Birth: 22/3/1897 Date Joined OS: 21/6/1912 Date Left OS: 9/6/1934 Last entry, See Staff Record Sheet
  CA1915	10 Jun 1915	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Pte, 3/9/ Hants (Cyclists)
  Occupation	10 Jun 1915	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Maps, Southampton
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  	Serving with His Majesty's Forces
  	Name: Chas W Prowles Rank: TCA Employment: Serving with His Majesty's Forces Division: HQ Category: Temporary Civil Assistants Pay Rate: 3s 6d
  1939 Register	1939	12, Denzil Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  	Clerical Officer
  Death	Oct 1974	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I49140	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Evelyn PROWLES,   b. 12 Jan 1898, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F7857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: July 1918 List. [S154] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 20; Page: 1277. Record for Charles Walter Prowles https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7579&h=38485211&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 101/2304A. Record for Charles W Browles https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61596&h=2491100&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. [S283] Ordnance Survey Civilians 1915, A list of Civilian Assistants of Ordnance Survey serving in His Majestys Forces. Compiled 25 June 1915. Transcribed from an original document held in the archives of the Charles Close Society by Clive Boocock 2021