Private Robert Cowe

Private Robert Cowe, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed by a sniper on Gallipoli on 24th June 1915 whilst ” digging in ” having landed on the Peninsula on 14th June. He had been educated at Duns School followed by the Berwickshire High School and before the war he had assisted his father Robert Cowe who was a bootmaker in The Square, Duns. He was a member of the Territorial K.O.S.B and was mobilised with the Battalion going to Gallipoli in June 1915. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. He is also commemorated on the Memorial Tablet which is now placed in the new Berwickshire High School, Duns. The photo shows an attempt to locate a Turkish sniper by drawing his fire.