William Henry DOWLE

1850 - 1931  (80 years)

• Name	William Henry DOWLE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	20 Feb 1850	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	2 Mar 1875	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  	12964, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Clerk and Photographer
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Aug 1877  [9]
  	1890 Staff List
  1881 Survey Company	1881	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [8]
  	12964, Sapper, W H Dowle, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  	TNA Reference: WO 16/947
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [9]
  	Photographers
  	Name: W H Dowle Rank: Corporal Nature of duties: Photographers Branch: Publication Division Pay per diem: 4s 0d Length of service: 12y 11m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 2s 6d
  1891 Census	1891	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Corporal Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  Military Discharge	4 Mar 1896	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  	12964, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	5 Mar 1896  [7]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	5 Mar 1896  [7]
  	7119, Wm H Dowle
  	Name: Wm H Dowle Date of Birth: 20 Feb 1850 Date Joined OS: 05/3/1896 Date Left OS: 4/3/1910 Superannuated See No 1541 RE Reg
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	17, Clansentum Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2, 3]
  	Plan Examiner, Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	4 Mar 1910  [7]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  1911 Census	1911	87, Hillhouse Lane Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  	Pensioner, Ordnance Survey
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	63, Osborne Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [1]
  	Retired Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Father, boarder
  Death	19 Feb 1931	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6, 10]
  	Grave: Xc9
  Burial	19 Feb 1931	Old Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  Person ID	I50562	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Frances E DOWLE,   b. 1850, Malvern, Worcestershire, England
  Children	1. Frank Harry DOWLE,   b. 1888, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Arthur G DOWLE,   b. 1886, Eardisley, Herefordshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  Details: 1921 Census. Details: 1901 Census. [S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1068; Folio: 62; Page: 23. Record for William Doyle https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=1155332&indiv=try [S46] 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 William Henry Doube https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=38472632&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: 915; Folio: 115; Page: 12; GSU roll: 6096025. Record for William W Dowle https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=14415749&indiv=try [S94] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for William Henry Dowle https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60526&h=151627740&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: FindMyPast. Details: 1890 Staff List. [S362] HGS MI.