Peter HAMMOND

1822 - 1899  (77 years)

• Name	Peter HAMMOND  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	1822	Roscommon, Ireland   [3, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1823	Dublin, Dublin, Ireland   [6]
  Military Enlistment	11 Feb 1847	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  	1772, Private, Royal Sappers and Miners, Plasterer
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Nov 1847  [9]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Nov 1847  [2]
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [1]
  	Private, 16th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Allhallowgate, Ripon, Yorkshire, England   [6]
  	Private, Royal Sappers and Miners
  	Peter Hammond: Born 1823 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Private royal sappers & miners: Allhallowgate, Ripon, Yorkshire, England
  1861 Census	1861	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [3]
  	Corporal, Royal Engineers
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	1772, Corporal, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Corporal. Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen
  	Nature of Duties: Plotters, Tracers, and Draftsmen Rate of pay per Diem: 2s 9d Length of Service: 15y 4m Remarks: Corporal
  Military Discharge	10 May 1869	London, England
  	1772, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  1871 Census	1871	Chelsea, London, England   [4]
  	Superintendant Draughtsman, Ordnance Survey
  1881 Census	1881	Battersea, London, England   [5]
  	Painter, Chelsea Pensioner
  1891 Census	1891	2, Edna Street, Battersea, London, England   [7]
  	Army Pensioner
  Death	Sep 1899	London, England   [8]
  Person ID	I8630	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Jane HAMMOND,   b. 1830, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England d. 24 Nov 1908, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. Vincent James HAMMOND,   b. 1854, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Cuthbert HAMMOND,   b. 1856, Ladock, Cumberland, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Frances Mary HAMMOND,   b. 1859  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary HAMMOND,   b. 1864, Southampton, Hampshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John F HAMMOND,   b. 1874, Chelsea, Middlesex, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Cuthbert HAMMOND,   b. 1870, Chelsea, Middlesex, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Peter Leo HAMMOND,   b. 25 May 1860, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 3 Feb 1940, 37, Cedar Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. George Norbert James HAMMOND,   b. 22 Jul 1865, Chelsea, London, England d. 10 Feb 1940, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3363	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 [S26] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 673; Folio: 11; Page: 16; GSU roll: 542682. Record for Peter Hammond http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=8021090&indiv=try [S21] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG10; Piece: 82; Folio: 47; Page: 18; GSU roll: 824583. Record for Peter Hammond http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=12533275&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: 651; Folio: 10; Page: 4; GSU roll: 1341151. Record for Peter J. Hammond http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7572&h=20974509&indiv=try Details: 1851 Census. [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: 429; Folio: 141; Page: 34; GSU roll: 6095539. Record for Peter Hammond https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6598&h=10472857&indiv=try [S168] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Peter Hammond https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=14536871&indiv=try Details: 1863 List.