James Robert GRAY

1864 - 1940  (76 years)

• Name	James Robert GRAY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	5 Mar 1864	Buckland Denham, Somerset, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	5 Nov 1886	Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
  	21420, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jan 1889  [8]
  	1890 Staff List
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Chester, Cheshire, England   [8]
  	Examiners
  	Name: J Gray Rank: Sapper Nature of duties: Examiners Branch: 10th Division (Chester) Pay per diem: 1s 9d Length of service: 1y 6m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 0s 5d
  1891 Census	1891	Streatham, London, England   [2]
  	Surveyor, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3, 7]
  	Corporal Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: In charge
  Military Discharge	4 Nov 1907	Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
  	21420, Sergeant, 13 Company, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	5 Nov 1907  [6]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	5 Nov 1907  [6]
  	8352, James R Gray
  	Name: James R Gray Date of Birth: 8/3/1864 Date Joined OS: 5/11/1907 Date Left OS: 1/10/1920 Last entry See No 1929 RE Reg
  1911 Census	1911	Willowbank Street, Antrim, Ireland   [1]
  	Civil Assistant, Ordnance Survey
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland   [5]
  	Supt Computing Dept
  	Name: Jas R Gray Rank: CA Employment: Supt Computing Dept Division: Irish Division Category: Civil Assistants Pay Rate: 8s 11d War Bonus: �2 18s 6d
  1939 Register	1939	31, King Edwards Avenue, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Surveyor Retired
  Death	8 Apr 1940	31, King Edwards Avenue, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I49408	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Lillock Beatrice GRAY,   b. 28 Nov 1868, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
  Family ID	F3917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] Ancestry.com, Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Class: RG14. Record for James Robert Gray https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=70564&h=8579&indiv=try [S15] Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 457; Folio: 142; Page: 74; GSU roll: 6095567. Record for Lillock B Grey https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=11594628&indiv=try Details: 1901 Census. [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 101/2241H. Record for James R Gray https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61596&h=2057813&indiv=try Details: July 1918 List. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1060; Folio: 62; Page: 10. Record for James Gray http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=1114861&indiv=try Details: 1890 Staff List.