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 Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill

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Date transcribed2012-05-21
Transcribed byRobert Charnock
CommentVol 1 F.W. Abbatt to RHE Hutton-Squire.
At a meeting of the Coopers Hill Society in 1959 the lack of any biographical record of students admitted to the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, was discussed. This register is an attempt to complete a record. It may be regarded as an appendix to: A Short History of the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, by J.G.P. Cameron, C.I.E., issued by the Coopers Hill Society for private circulation in 1960.

The names of the students admitted have been taken from the calendars published annually by authority and preserved in the library of the India Office, Whitehall. The biographical details have been compiled mainly from information in the magazines mentioned on page 28 of Camerons History.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "COUCHMAN" in "Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill" Surname  COUCHMAN    
Given names  Sir Francis Dundas    
Awards  KBE (1920)    
Birth  1864    
Marriage  1902    
Death  26 November 1948, at Grahamstown, S. Africa    
Wifes name       
Wifes fathers name  Lieut. Col. D.E. McMahon    
Fathers name  J.B.Couchman, of Beaudesert Park, Warwickshire    
Children  2 daughters    
Primary Education  Rossall     
Term at CH  1883-86    
Academic achievements  Passed for the Indian Public Service    
Career  Posted to State Railways. Starting on the NW Frontier & Baluchistan, where he completed the Khojak tunnel, his work ranged over many parts of India and Burma. He introduced the ABC system of signalling. Agent and general manager Burma Railways 1913-15. Member Indian Railway Board 1915-20. Director of Madras & S. Mahratta Railway    
Military & War Service  KBE conferred for valuable services in connexion with the war    
Retirement  Retired 1941    
Ref  Obit The Times 6 Dec 1948    
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The Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC) was established at Coopers Hill, Surrey, England in 1870 to train Civil Engineers for the Indian Public Works Department.
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