Lieutenant Colonel David Cossgrove | |
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Born | 20 January 1852 Crosshill, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Died | 23 August 1920 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 68)
Service/ | 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]
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