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*'''L/AG/46/11/138-141''' : "Half-yearly staff lists, 1861-1890 & 1911-1922" (giving ages from 1886). | *'''L/AG/46/11/138-141''' : "Half-yearly staff lists, 1861-1890 & 1911-1922" (giving ages from 1886). | ||
==EIR Personnel - Chronological Order== | ==EIR Personnel - Department/Chronological Order== | ||
The following are notable, with period of service in post indicated. | The following are notable, with period of service in post indicated. | ||
*'''EIR Agents''' <ref> “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, 2003; page 114</ref> <ref name=Huddle>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 278-279]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref> | *'''EIR Agents''' <ref> “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, 2003; page 114</ref> <ref name=Huddle>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 278-279]; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016</ref> | ||
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*'''EIR General Traffic Managers''' | *'''EIR General Traffic Managers''' | ||
**[[F Cox]]; 1858-59 <ref name=Huddle/>. | **[[F Cox]]; 1858-59 <ref name=Huddle/>. | ||
**[[J C Batchelor]]; 1860-78. From 1860-66 Traffic Manager, Howrah <ref name=Huddle/>. | **[[J C Batchelor]]; 1860-78. From 1860-66 Traffic Manager, [[Howrah]] <ref name=Huddle/>. | ||
**[[B P W Smyth]]; ?-1866 Traffic Manager, Allahabad <ref name=Huddle/>. | **[[B P W Smyth]]; ?-1866 Traffic Manager, [[Allahabad]] <ref name=Huddle/>. | ||
**[[Noblett St. Leger Carte]]; 1878-? Traffic Manager for EIR on the death of [[J C Batchelor]] <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/J._C._Batchelor Grace's Guide "J C Batchelor"]; Retrieved 8 Jun 2016</ref>. | **[[Noblett St. Leger Carte]]; 1878-? Traffic Manager for EIR on the death of [[J C Batchelor]] <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/J._C._Batchelor Grace's Guide "J C Batchelor"]; Retrieved 8 Jun 2016</ref>. | ||
**[[William Arthur Dring]]; 1897-1907. From became 1907 EIR Agent <ref name=Huddle/>. | **[[William Arthur Dring]]; 1897-1907. From became 1907 EIR Agent <ref name=Huddle/>. | ||
*'''EIR Locomotive Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>. | *'''EIR Locomotive Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>. | ||
**[[John Hodgson]]; 1855-57 [[EIR | **[[John Hodgson]]; 1855-57, [[EIR Locomotive Workshops]], [[Howrah]] <ref>"Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003" published by the Eastern Railway, Kolkata 2003, page 7 and 11</ref>, then [[Allahabad]] <ref name=grace>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Hodgson_(1814-1857) Grace's Guide " John Hodgson"]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2016</ref>. | ||
**[[Charles Lingard Stokes]]; 1857-63. | **[[Charles Lingard Stokes]]; 1857-63. | ||
**[[P D Nicholl]]; | **[[P D Nicholl]]; c.1856-1863, Locomotive Superintendent, Upper Provinces, [[Allahabad]] | ||
**[[David Wilkinson Campbell]]; 1863-1887. From became 1887 EIR Agent | **[[David Wilkinson Campbell]]; 1863-1887, [[EIR Locomotive Workshops]], [[Jamalpur]]. From became 1887 EIR Agent | ||
**[[John Strachan]]; 1887-1890 | **[[John Strachan]]; 1887-1890, [[Jamalpur]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Alan Wood Rendell]]; 1890-1901, [[Jamalpur]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Tomyns Reginald Browne]]; 1901--, [[Jamalpur]]. Previously 1899-1901, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, [[Howrah]] and [[Lillooah]] | ||
*'''EIR Carriage and Wagon Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>. | *'''EIR Carriage and Wagon Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>. | ||
**[[Robert Webb Pearce]]; 1855-1889. [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Howrah]] <ref>Institution of Mechanical Engineers "Obituary Robert Webb Pearce May 1890", page 292 </ref> | **[[Robert Webb Pearce]]; 1855-1889. [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|Carriage and Wagon Workshop]], [[Howrah]] <ref>Institution of Mechanical Engineers "Obituary Robert Webb Pearce May 1890", page 292 </ref> | ||
**[[Richard Pearce]]; 1889-98. [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|C&W Workshop, Howrah]] | **[[Richard Pearce]]; 1889-98. [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|C&W Workshop]], [[Howrah]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Tomyns Reginald Browne]]; 1899-1901. [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|C&W Workshop]], [[Howrah]], Howrah and from 1900 at [[Lillooah]]. From 1901 Locomotive Superintendent | ||
**[[H K Bamber]]; 1901-- [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|C&W Workshop, Lillooah]] | **[[H K Bamber]]; 1901-- [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|C&W Workshop]], [[Lillooah]] | ||
*'''EIR Colliery Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>. | *'''EIR Colliery Superintendents''' <ref name=Huddle/>. | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 9 June 2016
East Indian Railway Personnel - a sub-section of East Indian Railway(EIR) page.
India Office Records
The following employment records held at the IOR are relevant :-
- L/AG/46/11/133-137 "Contracts of appointment, c1858-1925" (possibly not all included)
The above is indexed in
- Z/L/AG/46 "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways (1849-1925)"
- FIBIS database List of Indian Railways UK Contracted Staff taken from IOR Series L/AG/46/12.
The following is not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.
- L/AG/46/11/138-141 : "Half-yearly staff lists, 1861-1890 & 1911-1922" (giving ages from 1886).
EIR Personnel - Department/Chronological Order
The following are notable, with period of service in post indicated.
- EIR Agents [1] [2]
- Rowland Macdonald Stephenson Sir; Agent 1853-57. - See "East Indian Railway - History" page
- Edward Palmer; 1857-73. He was also the first Honorary Colonel of the East Indian Railway Regiment formed in 1869 [3]
- Cecil Mackintosh Stephenson; 1873-75. Previously 1858-65 Secretary to Agent.
- Bradford Leslie, Sir; 1876-87. Previously 1876-82 Chief Engineer.
- David Wilkinson Campbell; 1887-91. Previously 1863-1887 Locomotive Superintendent
- Richard Gardiner Lt.Col R.E.; 1891-99.
- James Douglas; 1899-1907.
- William Arthur Dring Sir; 1907-12. Previously 1897-1907, General Traffic Manager.
- Robert S Highet, Sir; 1912-18.
- J A Marshall; 1918-19
- Geo Colvin, Sir; 1921-33
- Hugh Hannay, Sir; 1933-34
- J A Bell; 1935-39
- Secretary to Agent [2].
- Cecil Mackintosh Stephenson; 1858-65. From became 1873 Agent,
- T Lovelock; 1866-72
- W H Russell; 1872-78
- P Wagstaff; 1878-1900
- H Wood; 1900--
- EIR Consulting Engineers
- Alexander Meadows Rendel; Consulting Engineer to the EIR 1855-87 - Naini Bridge; Lansdowne Bridge; Jubilee Bridge [4]
- William Erskine Baker, General Sir; Public Works Department, Consulting Engineer to EIR on opening of the line to the Ganges at Rajmehal, 1860 [5].
- EIR Chief Engineers [2].
- George Turnbull; 1851-63.
- Samuel Power; 1863-1869. Previously General Assistant to the EIR Chief Engineer George Turnbull on construction of Soan Bridge and whole line; [6].
- G Sibley; 1868-76. Previously 1862-68 Chief Engineer, Upper Provinces, Allahabad.
- Bradford Leslie, Sir; 1876-82. From 1882 became EIR Agent.
- Charles Henry Denham; 1882-89. Previously had joined staff in EIR in 1852.
- Frederick Ewart Robertson; 1889-97. Previously with Public Works Department - State Railways
- Edward Herbert Stone; 1897-1903
- C F Findlay; 1903
- R S Highet; 1903--
- EIR Chief Auditors [2].
- Rob Roberts; 1863-77
- E C S Mackenzie; 1877-92
- J Douglas; 1893-1899
- T Bashford; 1899--
- EIR General Traffic Managers
- F Cox; 1858-59 [2].
- J C Batchelor; 1860-78. From 1860-66 Traffic Manager, Howrah [2].
- B P W Smyth; ?-1866 Traffic Manager, Allahabad [2].
- Noblett St. Leger Carte; 1878-? Traffic Manager for EIR on the death of J C Batchelor [7].
- William Arthur Dring; 1897-1907. From became 1907 EIR Agent [2].
- EIR Locomotive Superintendents [2].
- John Hodgson; 1855-57, EIR Locomotive Workshops, Howrah [8], then Allahabad [9].
- Charles Lingard Stokes; 1857-63.
- P D Nicholl; c.1856-1863, Locomotive Superintendent, Upper Provinces, Allahabad
- David Wilkinson Campbell; 1863-1887, EIR Locomotive Workshops, Jamalpur. From became 1887 EIR Agent
- John Strachan; 1887-1890, Jamalpur
- Alan Wood Rendell; 1890-1901, Jamalpur
- Tomyns Reginald Browne; 1901--, Jamalpur. Previously 1899-1901, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, Howrah and Lillooah
- EIR Carriage and Wagon Superintendents [2].
- Robert Webb Pearce; 1855-1889. Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Howrah [10]
- Richard Pearce; 1889-98. C&W Workshop, Howrah
- Tomyns Reginald Browne; 1899-1901. C&W Workshop, Howrah, Howrah and from 1900 at Lillooah. From 1901 Locomotive Superintendent
- H K Bamber; 1901-- C&W Workshop, Lillooah
- EIR Colliery Superintendents [2].
- J E Cockburn; 1859-71, Resident Engineer. Note 'In 1863 the mining operations in the Giridih Colliery having beeen suspended, all establishment was reduced to that required to guard the property, till a suitable branch railway was established'
- T E Dunn; 1871-76
- I J Witty; 1876-79
- R H Abbatt; 1879-80
- Wybrants George Olpherts; 1880-81
- W Saise Dr; 1881-1905
- T H Ward; 1905--
- EIR Chief Medical Officers [2].
- R G Griffith; 1893-1902
- J S Brooke; 1902--
- Heads of Store Department [2].
- T F Campbell, 1858-60, General Store-keeper
- D Murray; 1860-62, General Store-keeper
- A C Bell; 1863-64, Principal Store-keeper
- G H W Conroy; 1864-83, Chief Store-keeper
- J Oates; 1883-98, Chief Store-keeper. From 1886 Controller of Stores
- W Humphries; 1898-1902, Controller of Stores
- T A White; 1903--, Controller of Stores
- EIR Engineering Department
- William St. John Galwey; 1857-72. Construction of EIR Jamalpur Locomotive Workshops; Survey of the EIR ‘First Chord line’; District Engineer. In 1872 transferred to State Railways[11].
- EIR Directors, London based
- Frederick Smith Stanton Major General R.E.; 1887-92. Board of the East Indian Railway Company, based in London, this following his retirement as Director General of Indian Railways,after 27 years service with the State Railways.[12].
References
- ↑ “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, 2003; page 114
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 278-279; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016
- ↑ Grace's Guide "History of the EIR, Chapter V; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016
- ↑ Wikipedia "Alexander Meadows Rendel"; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016
- ↑ "Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003" published by the Eastern Railway, Kolkata 2003, page 12
- ↑ Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings Volume 33 Issue 1872, 1872, pp. 240-241 ; Retrieved 5 Jun 2016
- ↑ Grace's Guide "J C Batchelor"; Retrieved 8 Jun 2016
- ↑ "Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003" published by the Eastern Railway, Kolkata 2003, page 7 and 11
- ↑ Grace's Guide " John Hodgson"; Retrieved 7 Jun 2016
- ↑ Institution of Mechanical Engineers "Obituary Robert Webb Pearce May 1890", page 292
- ↑ "Graces Guide - William St. John Galwey”; Retrieved on 5 Jun 2016
- ↑ "Grace's Guide - Frederick Smith Stanton”; Retrieved on 5 Jun 2016