Robert Alexander Tarleton
Robert Alexander Tarleton (1893-1936)
1936/37 Obituary [1]
Robert Alexander Tarleton was born in 1893 and was educated at Dundee Technical College and the Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh.
At the outbreak of War he joined the Royal Artillery and served in France before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, in which he earned his Observer's wing before qualifying as a Pilot. He continued to serve in the R.A.F. until 1919.
In 1921 he was appointed Engineer on the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway, and on the separation of the line under the two States he remained in Jodhpur.
He was Assistant Locomotive Superintendent of the Jodhpur Railway from 1921 to 1924 and acted as Locomotive Superintendent for various periods from 1928 to 1936.
He died as the result of a flying accident on i6th November, 1936, at the age of 43.
He was elected an Associate in 1924, subsequently resigning. He was re-elected a Member in 1930 and had latterly acted as the Institution's Corresponding Member in Jodhpur.
1936 Obituary.[2]
Robert Alexander Tarleton, elected an Associate Member in 1921, and transferred to a Member in 1923, received his early education at Grove Academy, N.B., and his technical education at Dundee Technical College, and Herriot Watt College.
His engineering apprenticeship was served with the Lilybank Foundry, Dundee, from 1909 to 1913, on completion of which he entered the drawing office.
At the outbreak of hostilities in 1914 he joined up, being commissioned in the R.G.A. from which he later transferred to the R.F.C. On being demobilised in 1920 he entered the drawing office of the North British Rly. Co.
In 1921 he was appointed Asst. Loco. Supt. on the Jodhpur-Bikaner Rly., and on the separation of the line under two States he remained in Jodhpur.
At the time of his. death which occurred on Nov. 16th, 1936, in a flying accident, he was acting Loco. Supt.
He retained all his old interest in flying and when the Jodhpur Flying Club was formed in 1931 he was one of its most enthusiastic members. It was a tragic coincidence that the accident occurred on the fifth anniversary of the formation of the club.
He was born on October 20th, 1893.