Freeman Gage Digby DELAMOTTE

1844 - 1901  (56 years)

• Name	Freeman Gage Digby DELAMOTTE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	Sep 1844	Holloway, London, England   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	14 Feb 1863	Chatham, Kent, England
  	7491, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Engineer
  1871 Census	1871	Eyarth and Llanfair, Denbighshire, Wales   [7]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [2]
  	7491, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1881 Census	1881	Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, England   [3]
  	Sergeant, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Survey Company	1881	Clifton, Bristol   [9]
  	7491, Sergeant, F Delamotte, 16th Company, Royal Engineers
  	TNA Reference: WO 16/948
  Military Discharge	13 Apr 1886	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  	7491, Company Sergeant Major, Royal Engineers
  Joined Ordnance Survey	14 Apr 1886  [8, 10]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	14 Apr 1886  [8]
  	6045, F Delamotte
  	Name: F Delamotte Date of Birth: Abt 14/9/1844 Date Joined OS: 14/4/1886 Age at Joining: 41y 7m Date Left OS: 11/7/1901 Died Date of Death: 11/7/1901
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [10]
  	Revision and One-inch Draftsman
  	Name: F Delamotte Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Revision and One-inch Draftsman Branch: Engraving Branch Pay per diem: 7s 3d Length of service: 4y 3m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 0s 9d Remarks: 20y Mil Ser Pension 1/11� per diem
  1891 Census	1891	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	Wood Engraver (Scales) and Surveyor
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	37, Livingstone Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [5]
  	Draughtsman and Surveyor Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Head
  Left Ordnance Survey	11 Jul 1901  [8]
  	Register of Staff, Died
  Death	11 Jul 1901	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6, 8]
  Person ID	I51446	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Lerdzer Twood DELAMOTTE,   b. 1845, Peterhead; Aberdeen, Scotland
  Children	1. Margaret L DELAMOTTE,   b. 1872, Overton, Flintshire, Wales  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Lizzie L DELAMOTTE,   b. 1880, Old Radford, Nottinghamshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Edward DELAMOTTE,   b. 18 Mar 1871, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England d. 23 Jan 1916, 41, Newcombe Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Freeman A DELAMOTTE,   b. 1870, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S153] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Freeman Gage Digby Delamotte https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8912&h=42187371&indiv=try [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. [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: 3141; Folio: 17; Page: 27; GSU roll: 1341749. Record for Freeman J.D. Delamotte https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=12245127&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: 925; Folio: 103; Page: 34; GSU roll: 6096035. Record for Freeman G D Delamotte https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=10644593&indiv=try Details: 1901 Census. [S168] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Freeman Gage D De Lamotte https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=9029780&indiv=try [S116] Ancestry.com, 1871 Wales Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG10; Piece: 5663; Folio: 63; Page: 10; GSU roll: 892490. Record for Freeman G Digby Delematte https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7618&h=27251063&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: FindMyPast. Details: 1890 Staff List.