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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 | COLBECK | | | Given names | Charles Edward | | | Awards | MC (1919), FCH, Col (late RE) | | | Birth | 11 April 1881 | | | Marriage | 17 May 1919 | | | Death | 16 November 1957 | | | Wifes name | Beryl Scrimgeour | | | Wifes fathers name | W. Scrimgeour of Hemsby Hall, Norfolk | | | Fathers name | Charles Colbeck, MA, Housemaster 'Moretons', Harrow | | | Children | 1 son, 1 daughter | | | Primary Education | Harrow | | | Term at CH | 1900-03 | | | Sports career | Capt. Association football | | | Academic achievements | At Coopers Hill 1st year; prizeman Chemical laboratory and electricity; 2nd year; prizeman physical laboratory. | | | Career | Served one year training Great Northern Railway workshops, Doncaster. Practical course NWR workshop Lahore 1907 | | | Military & War Service | Commissioned Royal engineers 1903. Defence of Kut-el-Amara (MC). Prisoner of war. Twice mentioned dispatches. WW1 Mesopotamia operations 1915. Military advisor Indian States Sappers & Miners. Searchlight Battalion Blackdown. Commandant School of Electric Lighting Gosport 1928-31. C.R.E. 1st Division Aldershot. Instructor Senior Officer's School, Sheerness. Member R.E. Board, radar development 1937-40. Commandant anti-aircraft Training Centre Retford | | | Retirement | Retired 1942 | | | Other | President Coopers Hill Dinner 1 July 1937; Commandant 8th Battalion East Suffolk, Home Guard; Mayor of Aldeburgh 3yrs; Town Council Member for sea defence. His son also was commissioned in the Royal Engineers | | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag. IV 2,6 & 10, XIII 2, Obit 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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