Francis James THORNETT

1869 - 1933  (63 years)

• Name	Francis James THORNETT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	27 Dec 1869	Hereford, Herefordshire, England   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Feb 1883  [7]
  	1890 Staff List
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Carlisle, Cumberland, England   [7]
  	Examiner on the Ground
  	Name: F J Thornett Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Examiner on the Ground Branch: 7th Division (Carlisle) Pay per diem: 3s 0d Length of service: 6y 9m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 2s 0d
  Residence	26 Feb 1891	Lancaster, Lancashire, England   [2]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  1911 Census	1911	Ilford, Essex, England   [1]
  	Sergeant Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  Joined Ordnance Survey	26 Feb 1912  [6]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	26 Feb 1912  [6]
  	8565, Frans J Thornett
  	Name: Frans J Thornett Date of Birth: 27/12/1869 Date Joined OS: 26/2/1912 Date Left OS: 31/12/1930 Superannuated See No 2072 RE Reg Date of Death: 30/11/1933
  _MILT	1914  [3]
  	57154, WO2 Royal Engineers
  CA1915	16 Nov 1914	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [8]
  	CSM, 3 Provisional Company, Royal Engineers
  Occupation	16 Nov 1914	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [8]
  	Publication, Southampton
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Name: Frances J Thornett Rank: CSM Division: Publication Category: Royal Engineers
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Serving with His Majesty's Forces
  	Name: Francis J Thornett Rank: CA Employment: Serving with His Majesty's Forces Division: Publication Category: Civil Assistants Pay Rate: 7s 2d War Bonus: �2 18s 6d
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Overseas Branch Ordnance Survey, France   [5]
  	Superintendant Stores
  	Name: Francis J Thornett Rank: CSM Employment: Superintendant Stores Division: Overseas Branch Category: Royal Engineers
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	18, Livingstone Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Zinc Printing Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	31 Dec 1930  [6]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  Death	30 Nov 1933  [6]
  Person ID	I49196	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Rose THORNETT,   b. 1871, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Children	1. Francis James THORNETT,   b. 1907, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Charles Henry THORNETT,   b. 29 Jan 1909, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Class: RG14; Piece: 9890; Schedule Number: 301. Record for Francis James Thornett https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=53088073&indiv=try [S112] Ancestry.com, British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), WO364; Piece: 4196. Record for Francis James Thornett https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1114&h=156931&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; War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. WO329; Ref: 343. Record for Francis J Thornett https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5119&h=1714717&indiv=try Details: 1921 Census. Details: July 1918 List. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List. [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