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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 | BLANFORD | | Given names | Harry Richard | | Awards | OBE (1919), CBE (1950) | | Birth | 15 June 1884 | | Marriage | 1931 | | Death | 19 December 1957, aged 73 yrs, at Fleet, Hants | | Wifes name | Margaret Cunningham | | Fathers name | W.T. Blanford CIE, FRS, LLD | | Children | 2 sons | | Primary Education | Dover College | | Term at CH | 1902-05 | | Sports career | Second XV rugby colours | | Academic achievements | Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant conservator | | Career | Forest Department. Deputy conservator 1910. First Burma silorculturist 1921. Conservator 1925. Chief conservator Burma 1935 | | Military & War Service | WW1 Served in Indian Defence Force 1914-18. WW2 Home guard 1939-45 | | Retirement | Retired 14 Feb 1939 | | Other | Secretary Empire Forestry Association 1939-52; Edited the British Commonwealth Forest Terminology , nearly completed at the time of his death | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag. XVI 1 |
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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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