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| from the Cumnock Chronicle |
Scotsman Thur 18 May 1916
WAR HONOURSDISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDERSTemp Captain Robert McCowan Hill MB, a son of ex-provost Hill, JP. He is a graduate of Glasgow University.
From the London Gazette, 6 April 1918
Kilmarnock Standard, 20 May 1916
The Distinguished Service Order has been conferred upon
temporary Capt. Robert McCowan Hill, M.B., R.A.M.C., attached 2nd
Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty". It appears that he "went into an area which was under intense bombardment, amputated the leg of a wounded officer, and attended to other wounded under most difficult and dangerous circumstances. Finally,he accompanied two stretcher cases back under shell fire." He is a son of ex-Provost and Mrs. Hill, Hartfield, Cumnock, and a grandson of the late Provost McCowan, Cumnock, who was widely known in his day as an auctioneer and valuator. On completion of his training, Capt. Hill was appointed House Surgeon in Paisley Royal Alexandra Infirmary. About 4 years ago he settled in Upper Tooting, London, where he married Sister Jordan of the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, Paisley.
He received his DSO from the King at Buckingham Palace on 27th May 1916.
Robert McCowan Hill born about 1882 in Ayr was the son of William Hill, a commercial traveller born in Cambusnethan and Jeanie Hart McCowan. She was the daughter of John McCowan an auctioneer and keeper of the Eagle Inn in the Square, Cumnock in 1861.
Both William Hill and John McCowan were former Provosts of Cumnock.
Both William Hill and John McCowan were former Provosts of Cumnock.
1861
Eagle Inn, Square Cumnock
In 1901 Robert was a medical student lodging in Arlington Street in Glasgow.
He married Alberta Brooke Jordan a nurse in 1913 at the Royal Alexandra Infirmary in Paisley where they were both working and he died in Wallington Surrey in 1958.
His sister Margaret Walker Hill was the wife of R D Hunter the lawyer and Provost.
John Mccowan 49
auctioneer & innkeeper (his grandfather)
Elizabeth C Mccowan 49
Jessie Mccowan 18
Elizabeth Mccowan 16
James Mccowan 14
Jane H Mccowan 10 (his mother)
Robert Mccowan 7
Mary Hunter 19
1891
Hartfield Cottage Ayr road
William Hill 44 commercial traveler, draper’s
Jeanie H Hill 40
Bessie Hill 15
William Hill 13
John Hill 10
Robert Hill 8 b Ayr
Margaret Hill 6
Catherine Hill 3
David Hill 2
Martha Lorimer 16
In 1901 Robert was a medical student lodging in Arlington Street in Glasgow.
He married Alberta Brooke Jordan a nurse in 1913 at the Royal Alexandra Infirmary in Paisley where they were both working and he died in Wallington Surrey in 1958.
His sister Margaret Walker Hill was the wife of R D Hunter the lawyer and Provost.
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