Richard Hawkins b. Jul 1850 Faversham, Kent, England: Ordnance Survey People

1850 -

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Name	Richard Hawkins [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Birth	Jul 1850	Faversham, Kent, England [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
1871 Census	1871	The Black Horse Inn, George Street, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England [3]
	Private, Royal Engineers, Ordnanace Survey
1871 Survey Company	1871 [6]
	9980, Sapper, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
1881 Survey Company	1881	Southampton [5]
	9980, Sapper, Richard Hawkins, 19th Company, Royal Engineers
	TNA Reference: WO 16/950
1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	Turnpike Road, Great Witchingham, St Faiths, Norfolk, England [1]
	Ordnance Survey
Joined Ordnance Survey	12 Nov 1890 [4]
	Register of Staff
Register of Staff	12 Nov 1890 [4]
	6449, Richard Hawkins
	Name: Richard Hawkins Date of Birth: Abt 12/7/1850 Date Joined OS: 12/11/1890 Age at Joining: 40y 4m Date Left OS: 4/1/1894 Discharged
Left Ordnance Survey	4 Jan 1894 [4]
	Register of Staff, Discharged
1901 Census	1901	22, Luton Road, Faversham Within, Kent, England [2]
	Surveyor, Unemployed
Person ID	I8735	Ordnance Survey People
Last Modified	4 Jul 2026

Details: 1881 Census.
[S6] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 804; Folio: 74; Page: 20.
Record for Richard Hawkins
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7814&h=5814086&indiv=try
[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: 1246; Folio: 39; Page: 12; GSU roll: 827837.
Record for Richard Hawkins
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=27336614&indiv=try
[S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff.
Details: FindMyPast.
[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.

Ordnance Survey People