David Cossgrove

Lieutenant Colonel

David Cossgrove
Born20 January 1852
Crosshill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died23 August 1920(1920-08-23) (aged 68)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Service / branchNew Zealand Army
Years of service1900–1902
RankLieutenant-Colonel 1910
CommandsCaptain 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
AwardsColonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
Imperial Volunteer Forces Medal (New Zealand)
New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal
Other workFounder 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]

  1. ^ Stowers, R. (2002) Rough Riders at War
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dnzb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Iles, Marie (1976). 65 Years of Guiding in New Zealand, The Girl Guide Association New Zealand (Inc): Christchurch