Edward Chaytor

Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor
Chaytor, c. 1918
Nickname(s)Fiery Ted
Born(1868-06-21)21 June 1868
Motueka, New Zealand
Died15 June 1939(1939-06-15) (aged 70)
London, England
AllegianceNew Zealand
Service / branchNew Zealand Army
Years of service1886–1924
RankMajor General
CommandsNew Zealand Military Forces (1919–24)
ANZAC Mounted Division (1917–18)
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (1915–17)
Wellington Military District (1910–14)
South Island Battalion (1902)
Battles / wars
AwardsKnight Commander of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches (7)
Order of the Nile (Egypt)
Commander of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)

Major General Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, KCMG, KCVO, CB, ADC (21 June 1868 – 15 June 1939)[1] was a farmer, and a military commander of New Zealand troops in the Boer War and the First World War.

  1. ^ Biography in DNZB retrieved 6th Dec 2010