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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.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "TAYLOR " in "Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill" Surname  TAYLOR     
Given names  Harold Blake    
Awards  CBE (1919), F.C.H., M.I.C.E., M.I.T.    
Birth  1862    
Marriage  1892    
Death  12 July 1936, aged 74 yrs    
Wifes name  Margery    
Wifes fathers name  Brigade Surgeon John Proudfoot-Stratton, Indian Political Service    
Fathers name  J. Taylor, Shipowner    
Children  1 daughter    
Primary Education  Queenswood    
Term at CH  1879-82    
Academic achievements  Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer    
Career  Posted to State Railways. Under Secretary Railways, Gov't of Bengal 1890. Served on railway construction N.W. Frontier Province (Commendation of Gov't of India); on railway construction Central India and Rajputana. Chief engineer Gwalior State 5 years. Chief engineer construction Nagda Muttsee Railway 1908. Chief engineer E. Bengal Railway 1910.     
Military & War Service  Deputy assistant director of Movements, War Office, Major Royal Engineers, dispatches 1917. CBE (1919) for valuable services in connection with the war    
Other  General manager Uganda Railway. Member Legislative & Executive Councils, Kenya 1912-14. Member London Chamber of Commerce and of many societies and committees on Empire development. Represented the Royal Society of Arts at the 75th Anniversaire de la Societé des Ingenieres Civil de France in Paris 1923     
Ref  Obit Coopers Hill Mag. XII 34    
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