Henry BILLINGHURST

1815 -

• Name	Henry BILLINGHURST  [1, 2]
  Birth	1815	Linfield, Lewes, Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	12 Jan 1836	Whitechaple, Middlesex, England
  	Private, Grenadier Gaurds, Wheeler
  	Transferred to Royal Sappers and Miners 1 March 1837
  1841 Survey Company	1841	Waterford & Preston   [1]
  	Private, 14th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  1851 Survey Company	Mar 1851	York, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  	Corporal, 19th Company, Royal Sappers and Miners
  _MILTID	1666
  Person ID	I9346	Ordnance Survey People
  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. Details: Survey Company.