Thomas HOLMES

1850 - 1939  (89 years)

• Name	Thomas HOLMES  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1850	Rasolis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	1 Oct 1869	Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland
  	10256, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Surveyor
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Jun 1870  [8]
  	1890 Staff List
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	10256, Sapper, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  1871 Census	2 Apr 1871	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Census	1881	Cromwell Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [8]
  	Zinco Printers
  	Name: T Holmes Rank: C-S-M Nature of duties: Zinco Printers Branch: Publication Division Pay per diem: 4s 0d Length of service: 20y 1m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 0s 6d
  Military Discharge	2 Oct 1890
  	10256, Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	3 Oct 1890  [7]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	3 Oct 1890  [7]
  	6437, Thomas Holmes
  	Name: Thomas Holmes Date of Birth: Abt 3/7/1850 Date Joined OS: 3/10/1890 Age at Joining: 40y 3m Date Left OS: 2/7/1910 Superannuated Date of Death: 15/3/1939
  1901 Census	1901	15, Alma Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  	Printer, Ordnance Survey
  Left Ordnance Survey	2 Jul 1910  [7]
  	Register of Staff, Superannuated
  1911 Census	1911	15, Alma Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Army and Civil Service Pensioner
  Death	15 Mar 1939	15, Alma Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5, 7]
  Probate	14 Jun 1939	London, England   [5]
  Person ID	I51207	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Emily HOLMES,   b. 1863, Andover, Hampshire, England
  Children	1. David Thomas HOLMES,   b. 1874, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frederick W HOLMES,   b. 1877, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lottie. J HOLMES,   b. 1880, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Melven HOLMES,   b. 1889, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Bernard Q HOLMES,   b. 1890, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Margaret H HOLMES,   b. 1892, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Andrew S HOLMES,   b. 1882, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Charlotte HOLMES,   b. 1849, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Children	1. Ellen M HOLMES,   b. 1873, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Chas O HOLMES,   b. 1881, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] Survey Company. FindmyPast provides access to a transcription of the British Army, Worldwide Index for 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871. Within the records for the Royal Sappers and Miners (1841 and 1851, and Royal Engineers (1861 and 1871) are transcriptions for the Survey Companies; 13, 14 and 16 Companies. These Companies were established specifically for duties in support of the Ordnance Survey. There are 1043 individuals identified in these transcriptions. The transcriptions include the following information; Year, Name, Rank, Army Number, Company, Station, and Comments. [S21] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1192; Folio: 5; Page: 4; GSU roll: 827811. Record for Thomas Holmes https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=14290743&indiv=try [S111] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 1068; Folio: 113; Page: 40. Record for Thomas Holmes https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=1158226&indiv=try [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 Thomas Holmes https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2352&h=42824219&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 Thomas Holmes https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=473526&indiv=try [S19] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG11; Piece: 1221; Folio: 52; Page: 48; GSU roll: 1341299. Record for Thomas Holmes https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=6922145&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.