Background
COWAN, Bryce W. was born in 1866. Son of George Cowan, Wheatrig, Ayrshire, Scotland.
COWAN, Bryce W. was born in 1866. Son of George Cowan, Wheatrig, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Kilmarnock Academy; Anderson College, Glasgow.
Travelled through Canada and United States. South Africa, 1892; raised and commanded Bechuanaland Rifles since 1896. Through siege of Mafeking.
Served with Major-General BadenPowell in Transvaal, also Major-General Douglas, and eventually with Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, when he had command of a special mobile column.
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1902. Manager Bechuanaland Farms, Limited., Johannesburg.
Club: Mafeking.