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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 | BECHER | | | Given names | Lancelot Edward | | | Awards | FCH, DSO | | | Birth | 17 September 1882 | | | Marriage | 29 July 1914 | | | Death | 28 February 1960 | | | Wifes name | Margaret Lucy | | | Wifes fathers name | Only daughter of Hon Arthur Lyttelton, of Oundle | | | Fathers name | John Henry Becher, JP, of Southwell, Notts | | | Term at CH | 1901-04 | | | Academic achievements | At Coopers Hill Foundation Scholarship, Secretary of State’s Scholarship, Fellows’ Scholarship, Vice President’s Scholarship and Presidents Scholarship; Awarded the O'Callaghan Gold medal, the Callcott Reilly Gold medal; Passed first in the examination of the Institution of Civil Engineers for Associate membership; Awarded the Baylis prize | | | Military & War Service | Commissioned in the Royal Engineers 1904, rose to Lieut. Col. Four times mentioned in dispatches. ADC to C in C South Africa 1908-12 | | | Retirement | Retired from Army 1935 | | | Other | Chairman and Managing Director Mitchell Bearing & Co Westminster 1920-27 |
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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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