Walter SETCHELL

1869 - 1946  (76 years)

• Name	Walter SETCHELL  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	22 Jul 1869	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	29 Mar 1886	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  	20871, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F5869%2F1033167
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	Church End, Comberton, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England   [1]
  	Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Boarder
  Occupation	Between 21 Sep 1901 and 30 Jun 1902	Gold Coast, Africa
  	Service Record
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F5869%2F1033167
  Military Discharge	28 Mar 1907	Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
  	20871, Sapper, 13 Company, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F5869%2F1033167
  Joined Ordnance Survey	29 Mar 1907  [7]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	29 Mar 1907  [7]
  	8332, W Setchell
  	Name: W Setchell Date of Birth: 22/7/1869 Date Joined OS: 29/3/1907 Date Left OS: 31/3/1930 Superannuated See No 1988 RE Reg
  1911 Census	1911	84, Cedar Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  	Ordnance Surveyor
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Serving with His Majesty's Forces
  	Name: Walter Setchell Rank: CA Employment: Serving with His Majesty's Forces Division: Control Category: Civil Assistants Pay Rate: 6s 1d War Bonus: �3 3s 0d
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	84, Cedar Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	31 Mar 1930  [7]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  1939 Register	1939	63, Goldsmiths Avenue, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Retiree
  Death	11 May 1946	65, Greyshott Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England   [5]
  Probate	2 Aug 1946	London, England   [5]
  Person ID	I49428	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Emily Louise SETCHELL,   b. 1874, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
  Children	1. Eileen Violet SETCHELL,   b. 1906, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1901 Census. Details: 1921 Census. [S47] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Record for Walter Setchell https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=42825921&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 101/2273f. Record for Walter Setchell https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61596&h=2273874&indiv=try [S82] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Walter Setchell https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=16485499&indiv=try Details: July 1918 List. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff.