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| Registration | Bride's Given Name(s) | Bride's Family Name | Groom's Given Name(s) | Groom's Family Name | ITM | |
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| 1886/375 | Ida Mary | Cornwall | Richard Hutton | Davies | Order Product |
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| 1908/4027 | Eileen Kathleen | Cornwall | Richard Hutton | Davies | Order Product |
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Davies, Kirwee, Canterbury DAVIES Richard Hutton Captain N1C1C Mrs. Ida Mary Davies, Inglewood DAVIES S. Private 2236 5C12WS Mother: Mrs. M. Davies, Opotiki DAVIS Albert Benjamin
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NZ Military Pensions 1902
Oxford Street, Lyttelton DAVIES Richard Hutton Brevet-Colonel 8CBS Wife: Mrs. M. Davies, Inglewood DAVIS Cecil Harold Private 5650 8CSIRES Father: John Davis, c/o H. J. Davis, 182
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| Title | Summary | Thumbnail |
| Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931 :[Colonel Richard Hutton Davies]. 1902 | G-022. Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931 :[Colonel Richard Hutton Davies]. 1902. [Item] |
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Richard Hutton Davies
1221
N/N
South African War, 1899-1902
Regular Military Service
World War I, 1914-1918
Son of Theophilus and Mary Davies; husband of Eileen Kathleen Davies
Captain Davies was promoted to rank of Major, after some months with the First Contingent, and was given the command of the Fourth New Zealand Rough Riders. While in charge of the Fourth he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, and was made Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath for meritorious service in April 1901. (St Clair Inglis, p.9)
He returned to New Zealand aboard the S.S. 'Tagus' in June 1901.
Davies joined the Brigade Staff, North Island Regiment 8 NZMR as Brevet-Colonel, sailing from Auckland aboard the S.S. 'Surrey' in February 1902. After May 1902 he was in command of a mobile column (the first colonial officer given such a command). (Stowers, R., p.146)
Mentioned in Lord Kitchener's final despatch on 23 June 1902.
He gained the Queen's Medal with five clasps and the King's Medal with two and the C.B. in 1900. In 1901 he commanded the Auckland District and in 1902 he received Brevet Lieutenant Colonelcy. He was made Inspector General of the New Zealand Forces in 1906 with the rank of Colonel. He was also the third military member of the Council of Defence.
In 1909 he came to England as New Zealand's representative at the war Office, where the imperial authorities were so impressed with his ability that in 1910 they offered him command, as temporary Brigadier-General, of the 6th Infantry Brigade at Aldershot. Transferred to the British Army permanently in February 1915 after having been attached to it from the New Zealand Army in order to gain higher command experience. He went on to command the 20th (Light) Division: the first 'colonial' officer to command a division in the war. Source: Te Ara Biography.
In the grand days of August, 1914 he went on service with French's "contemptible little army" and was through the Mons and the Marne. A strong character at all times, he never hesitated to speak straight, and so forceful a personality found difficulty countenancing weakness. His health suffered during the retreat, and he returned to take an English command. He stretched forth an ever- welcoming hand to all his countrymen with whom he came in touch, and would go far out of his way to see some New Zealand cadets in his command or some wounded in hospital.
At mid-day, Tuesday, the 14th, there was a funeral service in the Guards Chapel of Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital, Millbank, and he was afterwards buried with all military honours in Brompton Cemetery. Among the New Zealander's present were the High Commissioner, Brig,-Gen. Richardson, Col. Heaton Rhodes, Col. Wylie, Col. Hall, Commander Cornwall, and Mr James Coates, and there was a firing party composed of New Zealanders and men of the British regiments.
His daughter, Miss Eileen Davies, has been working almost continually at Walton Hospital since its opening three years ago, and all those who have known her in those hospital wards will send her and Mrs Davies their deepest sympathy."
Mentioned in Dispatches twice in the South African War and twice in the World War I.
An obituary in The Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F., May 24, 1918, page 173, "The sudden death on, on May 9th, of General Davies brought to a close the life of a distinguished New Zealander, and of a soldier we greatly admired. His career had been one of deep interest. For many years at Inglewood, Taranaki, he lived the hard, open air life of a surveyor, taking at the same time an enthusiastic part in the Mounted Rifles work. He passed through the ranks of the Hawera Mounted Rifles to the rank of Captain. He went with the North Island Company, 1st Contingent, to South Africa, and served in five contingents, commanding the 3rd, 4th and 8th, and for some time commanding a composite column. His knowledge of surveying and the open country assisted him in earning a reputation as a tactician. He adversely criticised a scheme for rounding up of a Boer force, and was sent for by Roberts to give further explanations. The Commander-in-Chief recognised the soundness of his objections, and thereafter Davies's natural ability and strength of character ensured a successful military career."
14 Aug 1861
Married
Mrs Ida Mary Davies (wife), Inglewood, New Zealand
Civil engineer and surveyor/Civilian
Pretoria
Diamond Hill
Colesberg
Kimberley
Driefontein
Houtnek
Vet River 5th and 6th May 1900
Johannesburg
Zand River 10th May 1900
Waiwera
New Zealand Mounted Rifles
British Expeditionary Force
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company
Headquarters, 6th Infantry Brigade
Captain/Military
Brevet-Colonel/Military
Major General/Military
General Staff, British Army
Queen's South Africa Medal (Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Relief of Kimberly, Rhodesia, South Africa 1901 clasps)
King's South Africa Medal (South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps)
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Four Times
Height/Unknown Period
Hospital Diseases / Wounds/South Africa
Suicide/Cause of Death
5 foot 6 inches
Davies was taken ill in early 1901 but recovered and resumed duty in February 1901
09 May 1918
Brompton Cemetery, London, England
W.6. 174725.
Memorial plaque, Auckland Garrison Officers Club, St Mary's Church (part of Holy Trinity Cathedral ), corner St Stephens Avenue & Parnell Road, Auckland, New Zealand
Intention to Marry Project
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Richard Hutton Davies
Eileen Kathleen Cornwall |
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Colonel, N.Z. Militia Home duties |
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Wellington New Plymouth |
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Residence of L. C. Sladden, Fitzroy New Plymouth | 08/2428 | 6 May 1908 | S. S. Osborne, Presbyterian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Hutton Davies
Eileen Kathleen Cornwall |
Widower 7/12/06 Spinster |
Colonel N.Z.M. |
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Wellington New Plymouth |
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Residence of L. C. Sladdon, Fitzroy, New Plymouth | 08/2428 | 10 April 1908 | Rev. S. S. Osborne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)
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Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files (first sequence)
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| DAVIES, Richard Hutton | 1919 | Wellington | Open |
New Zealand Defence Force, Personnel Archives > Military Personnel Files
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| DAVIES, Richard Hutton - SA1221, WWI N/N - Army | 1899 ‑ 1918 | Wellington | Open |
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
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Source: A Dictionary of NZ Biography, by Scholefield (1940), from NZ History / CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ
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| Richard Hutton Davies | DAVIES, RICHARD HUTTON (1862-1918) was born in London and came to New Zealand in early life. Trained as a surveyor, he took an interest in volunteering, and joined the Hawera mounted rifles, in which he became captain. He went to the South African war as captain in the North Island company (1899); served there in five contingents and commanded the 3rd, 4th and 8th and a composite column. (C.B. 1900; brevet lieut-colonel 1902). Davies commanded the Auckland district in 1901 and was appointed Inspector-general of the Forces in 1906 and third member of the Military Council. He passed the staff college in England and was attached to the British army for training, with the command of an infantry brigade. When the war of 1914-18 broke out he went to France in command of the 6th brigade, with which he served with distinction in the retreat from Mons. Promoted major-general, he commanded the 20th division in training and in France (1916), but was again invalided and eventually retired from the service. He died on 9 May 1918. Davies married a sister of Commander N. Cornwall, R.N.R. Who's Who N.Z., 1908; The Times (London), 16 May 1918. | Volume 1, page 114 |
DAVIES, RICHARD HUTTON (1862-1918) was born in London and came to New Zealand in early life. Trained as a surveyor, he took an interest in volunteering, and joined the Hawera mounted rifles, in which he became captain.
He went to the South African war as captain in the North Island company (1899); served there in five contingents and commanded the 3rd, 4th and 8th and a composite column.
(C.B. 1900; brevet lieut-colonel 1902).
Davies commanded the Auckland district in 1901 and was appointed Inspector-general of the Forces in 1906 and third member of the Military Council. He passed the staff college in England and was attached to the British army for training, with the command of an infantry brigade. When the war of 1914-18 broke out he went to France in command of the 6th brigade, with which he served with distinction in the retreat from Mons. Promoted major-general, he commanded the 20th division in training and in France (1916), but was again invalided and eventually retired from the service. He died on 9 May 1918. Davies married a sister of Commander N. Cornwall, R.N.R.
Who's Who N.Z., 1908; The Times (London), 16 May 1918.
Volume 1, page 114NZ War Graves
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| ...s 1st day of September 1989. R. H. DAVIES, Applicant. ds14869 Belmor F... | 🏭 Notice of Intention to Apply for Dissolution of R H & V I Davies Ltd. | 1 September 1989 | NZ Gazette |
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Richard Hutton Davies 🔍 ASHSource: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists / with the kind permission of the NZSG
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| DAVIES, Richard Hutton 🔍 | 09 May 1918 | Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph |
| DAVIES, Richard Hutton 🔍 | 1919 | NZ Probates |
| DAVIES, Richard Hutton 🔍 | 06 Mar 1919 | NZ Probates |
Biographies of the Pioneer Land Surveyors
Richard Hutton Davies 🔍 ASHThese biographies were published in The pioneer land surveyors of New Zealand by Charles Arnold Lawn, 1977, and transcribed for online publication by Derek Brown in 2005.
Source: Made available in two parts (Part I, Part II) from Survey & Spatial NZ / Copyright NZ Institute of Surveyors. "This manuscript is made available in this original form for the benefit of researchers, historians and students"
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| 🌳 Ida Mary Cornwall | 🌳 Richard Hutton Davies | New Plymouth | 1886 | 31 | 96 | 7 |
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