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 Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill

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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 Camerons History.

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Given names  Arthur Melvill    
Birth  16 December 1882    
Marriage  (1) 4 July 1910 (2) 10 December 1934    
Wifes name  (1) Maie Plunkett (2) Lily van Rensburg    
Fathers name  Douglas Richmond Close    
Children  2 sons    
Primary Education  Weymouth College    
Term at CH  1900-03    
Academic achievements  Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer     
Career  Posted to Public Works Dept. Buildings & Roads Branch, Dehra Dun. Transferred to Irrigation Branch 1905    
Military & War Service  WW1 On military duty 1915-20. Served in Gallipoli, Egypt, Greece and Mesopotamia mainly on railway surveys and rose to rank of Captain    
Retirement  Retired from Indian Public Service 1909    
Other  Appointed to Survey of Northern Railway of Chile1910; To railway surveys of Lautaro Nitrate Co Chile 1911-14; Served on Rhodesian railway surveys 1921-46; Farmed at Closeburn, Marandellas, S. Rhodesia 1946-57; Interested in the acquisition of a West Coast Port and Railway for the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland with reference to Tiger Bay     
Ref  Coopers Hill Mag. XV 4 pp 53 & 56    
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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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