Edward Chaytor
| Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor | |
|---|---|
Major General Sir Edward Chaytor
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| Nickname(s) | Fiery Ted |
| Born |
21 June 1868 Motueka, New Zealand |
| Died | 15 June 1939 (aged 70) London, England |
| Allegiance |
 New Zealand
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| Service/branch | New Zealand Army |
| Years of service | 1886–1924 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held |
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) |
Second Boer War
First World War
Major General Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor KCMG, KCVO, CB (21 June 1868 – 15 June 1939) was a farmer, and a military commander of New Zealand troops in the Boer War and the First World War.
Born in Motueka, New Zealand, Chaytor was the son of John Clervaux Chaytor and his wife Emma, daughter of Edward Fearon. His paternal great-grandfather was the industrialist and politician Sir William Chaytor, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Nelson College from 1880 to 1884, and was then a sheep farmer at Spring Creek near Blenheim.
In the Boer War Chaytor was a captain in the Third New Zealand Contingent and a lieutenant colonel in the Eighth New Zealand Contingent. After the Boer War Chaytor became a professional officer in the New Zealand Army. In the First World War he was in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Gallipoli. At the end of 1915 he was given command of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, which was part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and soon after was promoted to brigadier. In 1916 prior to the Battle of Romani he personally reconnoitred the Turkish position from an aircraft. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1917 New Year Honours.
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