Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor | |
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Nickname(s) | Fiery Ted |
Born | Motueka, New Zealand | 21 June 1868
Died | 15 June 1939 London, England | (aged 70)
Allegiance | New Zealand |
Service | New Zealand Army |
Years of service | 1886–1924 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands | New 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 | |
Awards | Knight 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.