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Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill
Date transcribed | 2012-05-21 | Transcribed by | Robert Charnock | Comment | Vol 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.
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| Surname | TRENCH | | Given names | John Stewart | | Birth | 1879, at Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Ireland | | Death | 16 December 1922, aged 43 yrs | | Fathers name | John Townsend Trench | | Primary Education | Radley | | Term at CH | 1897-99 | | Sports career | Rowed for Coopers Hill | | Career | Appointed to Traffic Dept State Railways 1899. District Superintendent 1908. | | Military & War Service | Attached to Patiala Lancers, Expeditionasry Force 1916 with rank of Capt. 1914-15 Star, Victory medal, Allied war medal, mentioned in dispatches. Ensign I.A.R.O. | | Retirement | Resigned 1922 | | Other | Awarded (1906) medal of the Royal Humane Society for trying to save a drowning man. He was keen yachtsman, spending his leave periods sailing single handed round the coasts of Ireland and Great Britain. | | Ref | Obit Coopers Hill Mag. XI 18 |
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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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