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 Register of Students Admitted to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill 1871-1906

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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 Cameron’s History.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "VARVILL" in "Register of Students Admitted to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill 1871-1906 " Surname  VARVILL    
Given names  Michael Noel    
Awards  MC, OBE, M.I.C.E.    
Birth  10 November 1882, at York    
Marr  16 August 1913    
Death  27 January 1968, at St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester    
Wifes name  Kate    
Wifes fathers name  John Shearman, of Hampstead    
Fathers name  Eldest son Michael Varvill, of York    
Children  3 sons    
Primary Education  Highgate Grammar School    
Term at CH  1900-03    
Academic achievements  Passed for the Indian Public Service    
Career  Posted to State Railways, on which he served until 1924, ending with 5 years as executive engineer Karachi.    
Military & War Service  War service WW1 as temporary Capt. Royal Engineers on military railways with Indian Expeditionry Force 'B' in E. Africa 1914-17. Awarded MC. In WW2 Pioneer Corps (Lieut. to Acting Major) 1940-41 and then as temporary Lieut. Col R.E. In War Office 1941-45 as assistant director transportation (Railway construction and maintenance Board) Awarded OBE.    
Retirement  Retired 1926    
Other  Chief engineer Rhodesia Railways 1925-35. Burser Gordonstoun School, Morayshire 1936-39. Residence Harbour Cottage, West Wittering, Chichester, Sussex    
Ref  Obit notice Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Oct 1968, gives further details    
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