John Robert Cowan-Douglas, DSO, MC, JP

1893 - 1970  (76 years)

• Name	John Robert Cowan-Douglas
  Suffix	DSO, MC, JP
  Birth	29 May 1893
  Gender	Male
  Death	1970
  Person ID	I77098	First tree
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert William Cowan,   b. 4 Apr 1861, Blythswood d. 10 Aug 1934, Corbet Tower, Morebattle, Scotland (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Isabella Margaret Balloch,   b. 23 Feb 1861, Govan, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1892
  Family ID	F71138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rita Chance,   b. 1896   d. 1975 (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Helen Jennifer Cowan-Douglas,   b. Abt 1923   d. 28 Jul 2011 (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F71133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2014

  
  

• Notes

  of Gateshaw House, Kelso, Roxburghshire Capt. Highland L.I. ; educated at Marlborough Coll. and at the R. Mil. Coll., Sandhurst He fought in many engagements on the front line, was wounded, taught in the Grenade School in Troon Edinburgh and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross and was mentioned in dispatches in relation to the battles of Neuve Chapelle (March 1915) and Ypres/Richebourg-l'Avoue in May 1915. Other documents relate to his family and relatives who were involved in (a) an air attack on HMS Venerable in the Channel (b) a Zeppelin attack on Edinburgh and (c) service in Greece.