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 Register of Students Admitted to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill 1871-1906
| 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 Cameron’s History.
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 | Surname | CRAVEN | | | Given names | Arthur Julius | | | Awards | DSO, Brigadier Gen. R.E., Queens medal & clasp; Kings medal & clasp; British War medal & Victory medal; Legion of Honour 5th class | | | Birth | 11 December 1867 | | | Marr | 1909 | | | Death | 30 April 1933, at Menton | | | Wifes name | Edith Maude | | | Wifes fathers name | Albert Smallwood | | | Fathers name | Lieut. Walter Keppel Craven, RN, of the Villa Craven, Varese | | | Term at CH | 1886-89 | | | Academic achievements | At Coopers Hill 1st year; prize for chemistry; 3rd year Awarded the Cross Scholarship; Passed for the Indian Public Service assistant engineer, 2nd grade | | | Military & War Service | Entered the Corps of Royal Engineers 23 Nov 1889. Went to India 1891 and served there 8 years. During the S. African War he served with the 12th Field Co. Mentioned in dispatches (Lon. Gaz. 17 June 1902). Promoted Brevet Major. Returned home Oct. 1902. I.G.F's Office 2 yrs. Staff Capt at HQ 2 yrs. From 1907-08 at Chatham with 29th Co. and at Woolwich (Building Works) till 1911, when he went to Singapore. WW1 at Shrewsbury till July 1915, then to France on Special Staff duty. Mentioned in dispatches (Lon. Gaz 1 Jan 1916). Brevet Lieut. Col. 3 June 1916 and later temporary Brig. Gen. DSO. Lieut. Col. R.E. 1 Oct 1917. July 1918 - Oct 1919 O.C. No. 1 Group Depot Co's. R.E., Aldershot and R.E. Reserve Training Centre Deganway. C.R.E. Dover. Promoted Col. 5 June 1920. Boundary Commission 4 yrs. Half-pay 29 Aug 1920 | | | Retirement | Retired 7 September 1924, as Brigadier General | | | Ref | Obit Supplement R.E. Journal July 1933 p195 |
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