George SPALDING

1821 -

• Name	George SPALDING  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1821	St Mary's, Woolwich, Kent, England   [3]
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1364%2F732174
  Baptism	9 Mar 1821	Greenwich, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	25 Feb 1833	Woolwich, Kent, England
  	1481, Bugler, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1364%2F732174
  1841 Survey Company	1841	Cork, Cork, Ireland   [1]
  	Private, 13th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Dec 1845  [5]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Dec 1845  [2]
  1851 Survey Company	1851  [1]
  	Corporal, 13th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	South Beach, Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland   [3]
  	Corporal, Royal Sappers and Miners
  	George Spalding: Born 1821 in England Corporal royal sappers & miners: South Beach, Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
  1861 Survey Company	1861  [1]
  	1481, Sergeant, 13th Company, Royal Engineers
  1863 List	28 Mar 1863  [2]
  	Serjeant. Clerk
  	Nature of Duties: Clerk Rate of pay per Diem: 3s 6d Length of Service: 17y 3m Remarks: Serjeant, Superintending
  Military Discharge	17 May 1864	Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  	1481, Sergeant, Royal Engineers
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1364%2F732174
  Person ID	I9190	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert SPALDING
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Jane SPALDING
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne S SPALDING,   b. 1826, England
  Family ID	F4744	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 Details: 1851 Census. [S18] Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), London Metropolitan Archives; "London, England, UK" ; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P97/Mry/013. Record for George Spalding https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1558&h=4411304&indiv=try Details: 1863 List.