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enabled him to render important service at the periodical international telegraph conferences as the representative of the Indian government. Special questions frequently arose the settlement of which took him to many of the
European capitals, and in the ordinary course of his duties he made repeated visits to India, Turkey, Persia, and the Persian Gulf.
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relief fund, of which he was for some time secretary. He arranged for the distribution of aid in Persia by the telegraph staff, and had the satisfaction of finding the task very well done. His sound judgment and unfailing tact, together with a power of expressing his views clearly and concisely,
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sent a telegram to his family expressing his great regret for the loss of
Bateman-Champain, "qui a laissé tant de souvenirs ineffaçables en Perse" ("who has left so many indelible memories in Persia"), a very unusual departure from the rigid etiquette of the court of
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on 11 June 1853. His later commissions were dated: Lieutenant, 13 July 1857; Captain, 1 September 1863; Major, 5 July 1872; Lieutenant-Colonel, 31 December 1878; and
Colonel, 31 December 1882.
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presented him with a magnificent sword of honour. In
October 1885 Champain went for the last time to the Persian Gulf to lay a third cable between Bushehr and Jask, afterwards visiting
289:, where negotiations were carried on with the Persian government. In 1865 the line was practically completed, and on Stewart's death in that year Champain was appointed to assist Sir
195:, Champain took his full share of general engineer work in addition to his duties as adjutant, and one of the siege batteries was named after him by order of the chief engineer (Col.
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Exhibition of 1873 a gold medal was awarded to a
Persian landscape which he had painted for his friend Sir Robert Murdoch Smith. Many of the illustrations to Sir Frederic Goldsmid's
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After the capture of
Lucknow he erected some twenty fortified posts for outlying detachments. In April he was employed under Brigadier-General (afterwards Sir) John Douglas in the
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246:, by whom he was especially thanked for holding with Captain Medley and one hundred sappers for a whole night the advanced post of Shah Najif, which had been abandoned.
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on 13 September, but, while still on the sick list, volunteered for duty on 20 September: although still very lame, he was present at the capture of the palace of
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Bateman-Champain : Champain J.U., of Halton Park, Lancaster, Major R.E., Director-General of Gov. Indo-European
Telegraphs. Times, 7 Oct., 1870
465:, and two daughters Mary Rosaline (wife of Major David John Jackson Hill) and Alice. Three of the sons entered the army; one the navy; and one,
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When the rebellion was finally suppressed
Champain became executive engineer in the public works department at Goudah, and afterwards at
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420:, and in January 1887 he was persuaded to leave England for the Mediterranean for the sake of his health. After spending three weeks at
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to negotiate for a special wire through Russia to join the
Persian system. This visit gave rise to close relations with General
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districts, was present in fourteen minor engagements, and was thanked in despatches for his services at the action of
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In 1870 he succeeded Sir
Frederic Goldsmid as chief director of the Indo-European Government Telegraph Department.
120:, and for a short time in fortification and military drawing at the Edinburgh Military Academy under Lieutenant
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100:. He assumed the additional name of Bateman on succeeding to the estate of Halton Park, Lancashire, in 1870.
214:, and in numerous minor expeditions. He commanded a mixed force of nearly two thousand men on the march from
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Champain commanded the headquarters detachment of Bengal sappers during the march to Agra, at the capture of
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On his way out from England in September 1869, to superintend the laying of a second telegraph cable from
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and finally defeated and broken up at Salia Dahar on 24 November 1858. He received the medal and clasps.
261:. He joined in the pursuit of the rebels, who, after incessant marching and fighting, were driven to the
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From 1870 to 1872 Persia suffered from a severe famine, and Champain took an active interest in the
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361:, in recognition of his "services, during many years, in connection with the telegraph in India".
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96:, who was instrumental in laying the first electric telegraph line from Britain to India via the
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in the Red Sea. After coming to the surface he assisted in saving lives and in securing help.
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Following a further course of professional instruction in military engineering at the
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469:, the church. Four of the sons (Hugh, Claude, Francis and John) played cricket for
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179:, was adjutant of sappers and miners at the actions at Ghazi-ud-din-Nagar on the
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230:, reverting to the adjutancy in March 1858, when he joined the force under Sir
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163:, Champain went to India in 1854. He was appointed assistant principal of the
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473:. Harriet Sophie survived her husband's death and died on 14 August 1905.
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on 8 June, and at the capture of the ridge in front of Delhi. During the
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are from original sketches in water-colour by Bateman-Champain.
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part of the line into an efficient state, and in 1867 went to
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British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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broke out. He at once saw active service under Colonel
136:. He obtained a commission as second lieutenant in the
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to confer with government. On his way home he went to
661:. Westminster: Archibald Constable. pp. 603–8.
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The tombstone of John Underwood Bateman-Champain in
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316:, Champain was nearly drowned in the wreck of the
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380:He was also an accomplished draughtsman. In the
758:Military personnel from the City of Westminster
428:, Italy, where he died on 1 February 1887. The
617:. Chatham: The Institution of Royal Engineers.
615:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol II
449:, who survived him. They had six sons Arthur,
408:In later life, Bateman-Champain suffered from
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369:Champain was a member of the council of the
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699:Dictionary of National Biography
694:Bateman-Champain, John Underwood
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104:Early life and education
92:officer and engineer in
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114:9th Regiment of Foot
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279:Henry Yule
240:Lord Clyde
122:Henry Yule
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320:Carnatic
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251:Ghazipur
228:Alambagh
224:Cawnpore
88:, was a
86:Champain
651:Sources
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435:Teheran
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310:Bushehr
295:Baghdad
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