Ernest Marshall Cowell

Major-General Sir Ernest Marshall Cowell (24 February 1886 – 26 February 1971) was a British military officer and surgeon. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I and World War II and served as the director of medical services for the Allied Forces in North Africa from 1942 to 1944. He was appointed Honorary Surgeon to the King in 1944.

Early life and education Cowell was born on 24 February 1886. He was the son of Jasper Cowell of Steyning and Alice Marshall.

He was educated at Steyning Grammar School and earned his medical degree at the University of London's medical school in 1909.

He was hired as a surgeon at the Croydon General Infirmary in 1922 and practised medicine in Croydon for the remainder of his medical career. During the 1940 Birthday Honours, he was made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of Bath. They had three children, including Roberta Cowell. His wife died in 1962 and, in 1966, he married his second wife, Mary.

He died on 26 February 1971 in Guernsey.