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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 | BUTLER | | | Given names | Hon Robert Thomas Rowley Probyn | | | Awards | DSO (1918), M.C. Major Royal Engineers | | | Birth | 8 October 1882 | | | Marriage | 15 July 1913 | | | Death | 14 December 1938, at 'Nanoose', Wool, Dorset | | | Wifes name | Grace Theodosia Farquhar | | | Wifes fathers name | Lieut. Col George Kinloch, Somerset Light Infantry | | | Fathers name | 3rd son of 25th Baron Dunboyne | | | Primary Education | Winchester | | | Term at CH | 1901-04 | | | Sports career | Rowed in the 1902 & 1903 crews. Rugby XV 1902-03 & 1903-04 | | | Academic achievements | Awarded Vice-President's Scholarship 1904. Passed for the Indian Public Service | | | Career | Posted to State Railways. Served in Punjab and N.W. Frontier Province 1904-07. Resigned 27 March 1909 and went to Canada, engineering and farming 1908-14 | | | Military & War Service | WW1 Enlisted 29th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914. Commissioned in Royal Engineers 1915. at Gallipolli with Anzacs. Transferred to Tank Corps 1916. served in Egypt and France (despatches MC & DSO). October 1918 transferred to Christchurch, Hants to R.E. and Tank Bridging Co. Transferred to tank workshops, Bovington Camp 1919-26. Transferred to Royal Army Service Corps M.T. Branch 1926. Later to Indian Army Service Corps 1926-35 | | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag. IV 2 & 10, IV 5 & V 4, XIII 5, Obit The Times 22 Dec 1938 |
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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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