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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.

	Surname	WARD
	Given names	Sir Thomas Robert John
	Awards	Kt (1920), CIE (1906), MVO (1911), M.I.C.E., M.Am.C.E.
	Birth	12 February 1863. South Africa
	Death	27 January 1944, at Beaulieu, Hatch End
	Fathers name	Capt W. Ward, Kimberley, S. Africa
	Primary Education	St Cyprian's, Kimberley & Framlingham School
	Term at CH	1880-83
	Academic achievements	Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer
	Career	Posted to Punjab Public Works Dept Irrigation Branch. Engaged in construction Lower Chenab & Upper Jhelurn Canals. Survey Sind Sagar desert. Appointed engineer Siestan Boundary Commission 1902. Narrowly escaped drowning in the Parian river.Member Colonies Committee Punjab 1908. Engineer for irrigation and drainage, Delhi Coronation Durbar 1911 (MVO). Appointed Home Dept. Gov't India for selection of site for new capital Delhi and regulation of river Jumna at Delhi. Services lent to Siam for preparation of irrigation scheme Menam Chao Phraya Valley. Chief engineer and Secretary Gov't Punjab Irrigation Branch 1916. Inspector general for irrigation in India 1917. Reported on irrigation development in Mesopotamia 1917.
	Retirement	Retired 1921
	Other	Consulting engineer Norton Griffiths & Co. Ltd. administrators Brazil Gov't 1922 for irrigation development. Advised on irrigation in Iraq 1924 and in Bulgaria 1929. Member of Council Institution of Civil Engineers 1918-20. First President Institution of Engineers (India). Member American Society of Civil Engineers. Fellow Royal Geographical Society. Sir Thomas Ward had an exceptionally wide experience of irrigation problems and was called upon to advise in many parts of the world.
	Ref	Obit The Times 29 Jan 1944. Coopers Hill Mag. XIII 15

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