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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 | BURKITT | | | Given names | Francis Holy | | | Awards | CIE (1931), OBE (1918) | | | Birth | 5 July 1880 | | | Marriage | 1905 | | | Death | 3 October 1952 | | | Wifes name | Anna | | | Wifes fathers name | Rev. John Trotter, Rector of Ardrahan & Kilgalgan, Co. Galway | | | Primary Education | Trinity College, Dublin | | | Term at CH | 1900-03 | | | Sports career | All 17 matches in which he played half-back during the Rugby season 1902-03 were won by Coopers Hill | | | Academic achievements | At Coopers Hill; Vice-President's Scholarship. Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer, 3rd grade | | | Career | Posted to Punjab Public Works Dept. Irrigation Branch. Constructed Ferozpur weir cum railway bridge, River Sutlej. Reconstructed damaged weir on Sutlej at Islam. Inventor of the 'Walton' head regulator gates and 'headless' discharge meters in canals. Rose to chief engineer and secretary to Gov't. Punjab, NW Frontier Provinces | | | Military & War Service | Mentioned in dispatches on mona-military operations NW Frontier. 2nd Lieut. Punjab Volunteer Rifles. Military operations in Swat. WW2 Technical post in Ministry of Home Security | | | Retirement | Retired 1935 | | | Other | Constructed the Delta Barrage, Egypt. Author of paper 'Reinforced Concrete Syphons' Punjab Engineering Conference | | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag.IV 5, XV 8 & Obit The Times 5 Nov 1952 |
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