David Cossgrove

Lieutenant Colonel David Cossgrove
Born	20 January 1852 Crosshill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died	23 August 1920(1920-08-23) (aged 68) Christchurch, New Zealand
Service/branch	New Zealand Army
Years of service	1900–1902
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel 1910
Commands	Captain and Quartermaster, Sixth New Zealand Contingent (19th company), South African War Captain and Paymaster, Tenth New Zealand Contingent (staff, South Island regiment), South African War
Awards	Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration Imperial Volunteer Forces Medal (New Zealand) New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal
Other work	Founder of the Scouts and Peace Scouts in New Zealand First Dominion Chief Scout (1908) Schoolmaster

Lieutenant Colonel David Cossgrove, (1852–1920) of the New Zealand Army served in the South African War – also known as the Second Boer War – with Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scouts and Guides in the United Kingdom. Cossgrove (also spelled Cosgrove^[1] and Crosgrove^[2] on official documents) took Baden-Powell's ideas back to New Zealand with him and began similar programmes in Christchurch.^[3]