Cowie, Graham Robertson
Captain Graham Robertson Cowie, South African Medical Corps died in a casualty clearing station on September 3rd of wounds received the previous day, aged 27. He was the elder son of John Cowie, late of Johannesburg, and was educated at Loretto School and at University College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in natural science in 1913. During his time at Oxford, Cowie was awarded the Welsh Memorial Prize in 1911 for his production of accurate and detailed human anatomical drawings. He had been a member of King Edward's Horse and rejoined that corps on August 8th, 1914. On December 24th, 1914 he was gazetted second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery, and went to France in May, 1915, and served in the battle of Loos, when he was mentioned in despatches. In June, 1916, he returned to England to complete his medical course at Middlesex Hospital, and in 1917 graduated M.B.[sic] and B.Ch.Oxon., also taking the diplomas of M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P.Lond. He was then gazetted to the South African Medical Corps, and last November returned to France, where he served first with a South African general hospital, and then as medical officer to a brigade of South African Royal Garrison Artillery. British Medical Journal 28 Sep 1918
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Cowie |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Graham Robertson |
| Date of birth | February 1891 |
| Family details | Son of John and Elizabeth J. Cowie. Native of Durban, Natal, South Africa. |
| Previous education | Loretto School 1905-1909; University College, Oxford; |
| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
| Qualifications | B.M., B. Ch. (Oxon.), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond.(1917) |
| Military unit | South African Medical Corps, Royal Garrison Artillery attd 50th Brigade |
| Date enlisted | 8 August 1914 |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Citation(s) | Mentioned in Despatches |
| Date of death | 3 September 1918 |
| Age at death | 27 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Cause of death | Died of wounds |
| Burial place | Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, Pas de Calais, France |
| Commemoration(s) | King's College Chapel; Loretto Roll of Honour; University College Chapel, Oxford |
| Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal; The Education Outlook, volume 64, 1911 |