David Cossgrove, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDavid Cossgrove
New Zealand military officer
Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1852
Place of Birth: Crosshill, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 23-Aug-1920
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About David Cossgrove
- 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.
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