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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 "WATTS" in "Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill" Surname  WATTS    
Given names  George Kempthorne    
Awards  A.M.I.C.E.    
Birth  1852    
Death  26 January 1919    
Wifes name  Ethel Grace    
Primary Education  Cheltenham    
Term at CH  1872-75    
Sports career  Rugby and cricket teams    
Career  Served for 20 years in Hyderabad and Berar and later in Assam. Superintending engineer Agra & Oudh. Chief engineer and secretary Public Works Dept to Chief commissioner Central Provinces & Berar    
Military & War Service  Outbreak of war he was in the Macai Reserve, British East Africa constructing dams and opening up springs for the Gov't.     
Retirement  Resigned 1907    
Other  Employed by Messrs Parry & Co. of Madras to report on project for a railway in Berer, 135 miles. Returned to India March 1917 and surveyed cast routes for the Public Works Dept United Provinces. Appointed Commissioner of Works, Nairobi, Britsh East Africa 1907-13.    
Ref  Obit Coopers Hill Mag. XI 5    
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