23 August 1920(1920-08-23) (aged 68) Christchurch, New Zealand
Service/branch
New Zealand Army
Years of service
1900–1902
Rank
Lieutenant-Colonel 1910
Commands held
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]
^Stowers, R. (2002) Rough Riders at War
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^Iles, Marie (1976). 65 Years of Guiding in New Zealand, The Girl Guide Association New Zealand (Inc): Christchurch
Lieutenant Colonel DavidCossgrove, (1852–1920) of the New Zealand Army served in the South African War – also known as the Second Boer War – with Robert...
settling in Sandfly Bay, Otago. Cossgrove married DavidCossgrove at Sandfly Bay on 11 February 1875. DavidCossgrove had met Robert Baden-Powell while...
still a teenager, Burgin corresponded with and met Lieutenant Colonel DavidCossgrove, the founder of the Girl Peace Scouts' Association. She revived interest...
– Amey Daldy, women's suffrage campaigner (born 1829) 23 August – DavidCossgrove, teacher, soldier, scout leader (born 1852) 25 August – Donald Reid...
decorations, and medals of New Zealand List of military decorations DavidCossgrove "The New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal". Birkenhead RSA...
Cossgrove served in the Second Boer War with Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout and Guide movement. Following Baden-Powell's ideas Cossgrove established...
Scouts' documentation has been lost. Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) DavidCossgrove centrally organised Boy Scouts in 1908 and formed the Dominion Boy...
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