CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
HI (26 May 1907 – 1 February 1997) was a British educationist and philanthropist, mostly active in
British India
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, and later
India
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and
Pakistan
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. He was a teacher and administrator in military colleges and schools such as
Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College
The Rashtriya Indian Military College (abbreviated RIMC; formerly known as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College) is a military school for boys and girls situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The RIMC is a feeder institution for ...
Abbottabad Public School
Abbottabad Public School (APS), formerly Railway Public School and Abbottabad Public School and College, is a public, all boys, boarding school for 7th to 12th grade students, located in Abbottabad, Pakistan. APS follows the philosophy of the Brit ...
. He was the founder principal of Cadet College at Hasan Abdal. For 5 years of his life, he was in the Royal Army and for over 60 years, he was associated with schools in India and Pakistan.
Background
Hugh Catchpole was born in
Ipswich
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, Suffolk, England on 26 May 1907. One of five siblings, his father Henry Catchpole was the head of a building firm in Suffolk. He studied in
Ipswich School
Ipswich School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils aged 3 to 18 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
North of the town centre, Ipswich School has four parts on three adjacent sites. The Pre-Prep and Nursery ...
during his early years and played cricket for Suffolk County XI. Later he studied Modern History at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
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with a scholarship, which he completed in 1928. He also studied Indian history during his stay in Oxford, which formed his interest to come to British India for a teaching assignment at Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College (Rashtriya Indian Military College) in Dehradun, India as a teacher in 1928.
He joined the Royal Army in 1941 and was in the army until September 1946. In the military he attained the rank of Captain and taught
His students include highly ranked officers in the Indian defence forces, the Pakistani defence forces and the Bangladeshi defence forces. These include officers such as Air Marshal
Asghar Khan
Air Marshal Muhammad Asghar Khan (Retd.) ( ur, 17 January 1921 – 5 January 2018), was a Pakistani politician and an autobiographer, later a dissident serving the cause of pacifism, peace, and human rights.
Born into a military fam ...
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(OBE), conferred by Elizabeth II
* 31 December 1980 – Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), conferred by Elizabeth II
* 23 March 1979 –
Sitara-e-Imtiaz
The Sitara-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is the third-highest (in the order of "Imtiaz") honour and civilian award in the State of Pakistan. It recognizes individuals who have made an "especially meritorious contribution to the ...
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
The ''Hilaal-e-Imtiaz'' (; ), also spelled and transliterated as Hilāl-e-Imtiyāz, is the second-highest (in the hierarchy of "Hilal") civilian award and honour given to both civilians and military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces by the ...
(Crescent of Excellence) Award, second highest civil award of Pakistan, conferred by
General Pervez Musharraf
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posthumously.
Hugh Catchpole Memorial English Debate
The All India Hugh Catchpole Memorial English Debate is an interschool debate competition in India started by
Rashtriya Indian Military College
The Rashtriya Indian Military College (abbreviated RIMC; formerly known as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College) is a military school for boys and girls situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The RIMC is a feeder institution for ...
(RIMC) in 2006 and is named after Hugh Catchpole. The debate is conducted on a modified Cambridge pattern. Up to 20 reputed institutions from India participate in this event, and the winners over the years have been schools such as
Wynberg Allen School
Wynberg-Allen School is a boarding school in India, founded in 1888. It is located at Bala hissar in Mussoorie, India. The alumni of Wynberg Allen School are known as Alwynians.
History
From a meeting in Kanpur in 1887 of friends, Mr. Powe ...