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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 | WILLIAMS | | Given names | William Richard | | Awards | FCH | | Marriage | 1899 | | Death | 23 February 1920, aged 53 yrs | | Wifes fathers name | Col. Geoffrey Hall, Indian Medical Service | | Fathers name | Capt. W.Y. Williams, of Fishguard, brother of Brig Gen Sir A.J. Allen-Williams | | Term at CH | 1884-87 | | Academic achievements | Passed second for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer. | | Career | Posted to N.W. Provinces & Oudh Public Works Dept. Executive engineer 1897. Services lent to Egyptian Gov't 1901. Order of the Medjidich 3rd class 1905. Sir Murdoch McDonald reporting on Public Works Egypt for 1915-16. 'Mr. Williams was the last of the line of eminent Anglo-Indian engineers - his experience and technical knowledge were closely associated with all the great works that followed'. Reported to the Tasmanian Gov't on irrigation. | | Retirement | Retired 1917 | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag. X 18, XI 1, XV 1, Obit XI 9 |
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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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