David Cossgrove
Lieutenant Colonel David Cossgrove | |
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| Born | 20 January 1852 Crosshill, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Died | 23 August 1920 (aged 68) Christchurch, New Zealand |
| 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 |
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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 and Crosgrove on official documents) took Baden-Powell's ideas back to New Zealand with him and began similar programmes in Christchurch.