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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 | COATES | | | Given names | Joseph | | | Awards | OBE (Military), VD, FCH | | | Birth | 5 April 1872 | | | Marriage | 8 July 1902 | | | Death | 11 March 1959 | | | Wifes name | Christine | | | Wifes fathers name | J.E. Reindorp, of Beckenham, Kent | | | Fathers name | Joseph Coates, of 'Eyton', Leominster, Herefordshire | | | Children | 3 sons, 2 daughters | | | Primary Education | Lucton School & Clifton College | | | Term at CH | 1890-93 | | | Academic achievements | At Coopers Hill 1st year: Foundation Scholar, Scholar in applied mechanics, prizeman for descriptive engineering and Physics laboratory. 2nd year; Scholar in natural science, prizeman for applied mechanics, 3rd year: stood first in final list. Served one year's practical course in Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway construction. | | | Career | Appointed to Indian State Railways. Posted to NW Railway, Lahore. Wazirabad-Lyallpur line construction 1895. Executive engineer 1904. Assistant manager East Bengal State Railway 1905. Superintendent Kalka Simla Railway 1910-13. Deputy agent East Bengal State Railway 1914. Officiating agent Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway 1922. Agent East Bengal State Railway for 2 years. President Indian Railway Conference Association 1919-20. Hon A.D.C. to H.E. the Governor of the United Provinces | | | Military & War Service | Throughout his service he held commissions in Indian Volunteer Regiments and commanded the Eastern Bengal & Oudh & Rohilkhand Battalions A.F.I. | | | Retirement | Retired April 1927 | | | Other | After retirement took up farming and bee-keeping at his family home 'Eyton' Leominster; County Commandant and late Hon. Col. Herefordshire Army Cadet Force; District Commissioner Boy Scouts Association, Leominster; Governor of Lucton School; Diocesan Reader; Ref: 'Indian Engineering' Vol 82 Nos. 14 & 15 - photograph and biography |
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