IN MEMORIAM

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 4, 5 July 1939, Page 13

IN MEMORIAM

GENERAL CHAYTOR

SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S

A memorial service to the late Major-General Sir Edward Chaytor, K.C.M.G., X.C.V.0., C.8., Commander of the Anzac Mounted Division during the Great War, was held in the Cathedral Church of St Paul this morning.

Among those present were the Minister/ of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones), Major-General J.. E. Duigan, Chief of the General Staff;. Colonels R. Miles and O. H, Mead; Lieutenant-Colonels G. B. Parkinson, A. E. Conway, S. H. Crump, and E. T. Rowllings; GroupCaptains T. M. Wilkes and L. M. Isitt; Lieutenant-Commander St. Aubyn (representing the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy); the Mayor (Mr. T. C. A. Hislop); Lieutenant-Colonel Chaytor (Blenheim), brother of the late Sir Edward Chaytor; the Hon. P. Waite, M.L.C., Colonel A. Cowles and Mr. J. Spence (representing the Returned Soldiers' Association); Major-General R. Young, Colonel C. H. Weston, Mr.C. A. L. Treadwell, and Mr. D. Wilson (representing the South African Veterans). The Nelson College Old Boys' Association was represented by Colonel A. Cowles (president). Professor W. P. Evans, Dr. C. G. Morice, and Messrs. J. H. .Fowler, G. W. Barltrop, and A. N. Davies (secretary).

Canon D. J. Davies conducted the service, the address was given by the Rev. C. H. Isaacson (who served as a chaplain under the late Sir Edward Chaytor), and the Lesson was read by Colonel C. G. Powles.

I Mr. Isaacson said they had met to pay a tribute to the memory of one of New Zealand's greatest soldiers. He thought he was voicing the thoughts of the late -General's old comrades wheti he said they regretted that they could not have stood by their old comrade's graveside. There was no heed .to . speak of the late general's military achievements—they were well known; he had had the implicit trust and confidence of all ranks.

"Two of the outstanding characteristics of General Chaytor were his tenacity of purpose and his high moral courage*" said Mr. Isaacson, "characteristics without which little that is truly great can ever be achieved. All who knew him will agree that he always showed great thoughtfulness for others. We will always remember him as a kind friend; a leader whom all respected and trusted, a wise and prudent commander, and a soldier who feared God."