Richard REID

Abt 1833 -

• Name	Richard REID  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	Abt 5 Jun 1833	Cramond, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1855%2F395610
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	31 Oct 1855	Kelso Scotland
  	3971, Sapper, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1855%2F395610
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Oct 1856  [2, 8]
  	1890 Staff List
  1861 Census	1861	Lower Queens Road, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England   [6]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	3971, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Sapper. Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen
  	Nature of Duties: Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen Rate of pay per Diem: 1s 8d Length of Service: 6y 6m Remarks: Sapper
  1871 Census	1871	Handbridge, Chester, Cheshire, England   [3]
  	Sapper on Ordnance Survey
  1871 Survey Company	1871  [1]
  	3971, Sapper, 14th Company, Royal Engineers
  Military Discharge	4 Dec 1877	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  	3971, Corporal, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1855%2F395610
  Joined Ordnance Survey	5 Dec 1877  [7]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	5 Dec 1877  [7]
  	4021, Richard Reid
  	Name: Richard Reid Date of Birth: Abt 5/6/1833 Date Joined OS: 5/12/1877 Age at Joining: 44y 6m Date Left OS: 31/3/1893 Discharged
  1881 Census	1881	19, Handbridge, Chester, Cheshire, England   [4]
  	Land Surveyor, RE
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Chester, Cheshire, England   [8]
  	Line Plotter
  	Name: R Reid Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Line Plotter Branch: 10th Division (Chester) Pay per diem: 6s 3d Length of service: 12y 6m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 9d Remarks: 21y 3m Mil Ser Pension 1/4� per diem
  1891 Census	1891	Handbridge, Chester, Cheshire, England   [5]
  	Civil Engineer
  Left Ordnance Survey	31 Mar 1893  [7]
  	Register of Staff, Discharged
  Person ID	I52203	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Catherine REED,   b. 1838, Scotland
  Children	1. Elizabeth REID,   b. 1860, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Isabella C REID,   b. 1865, Lambeth, Surrey, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Leah REID,   b. 1876, Chester, Cheshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Hogarth REID,   b. 1859, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. Jul 1926, Leeds, Yorkshire, England (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Walter James REID,   b. 1877, Chester, Cheshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6973	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. [S302] 1863 List. A return prepared by Ordnance Survey and sent to the House of Commons on 28 March 1863. The return names all persons employed on the Ordnance Survey except Military Officers and Labourers. The return includes the nature of their duties, rate of pay and length of service. The length of service has been used to generate an approximate date for joining Ordnance Survey. Transcribed by Clive Boocock 2021 1863 List [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: 3725; Folio: 58; Page: 23; GSU roll: 842128. Record for Richard Reid https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=24901894&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: 3558; Folio: 98; Page: 32; GSU roll: 1341852. Record for Richard Reid https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=1612268&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: 2864; Folio: 116; Page: 26; GSU roll: 6097974. Record for Richard Reid https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=1453492&indiv=try [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 26; Folio: 100; Page: 20; GSU roll: 542559. Record for Catherine Reed https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=118111&indiv=try [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1890 Staff List.