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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 | McCONNEL | | Given names | William Holdsworth | | Awards | CBE, JP | | Death | 30 November 19.., aged 86 yrs, at Heathend House, Berks | | Wifes name | (1) Florence (died 1 March 1925), (2)Mary | | Wifes fathers name | (1) Surgeon General Bannister, (2) widow of Major Watney, Rifle Brigade | | Fathers name | I. McConnel, JP, of Knockdolian, Ayrshire | | Primary Education | Repton | | Term at CH | 1876-79 | | Sports career | A brilliant Rugby forward; played for Surrey and for South v North | | Academic achievements | Practical course with Westward Baillie. Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer | | Career | Posted to Punjab Public Works Dept. Irrigation Branch | | Military & War Service | WW1 Lieut. Commander RNVR , on special duty Admiralty for paravane protection from mines (CBE) | | Retirement | Retired prematurely to take work in England | | Other | JP for Bershire | | Ref | Obit Coopers Hill Mag. XIII 15 |
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