Edward Buckland Firth (27 September 1905 – 6 May 1978) was a New Zealand manufacturer, aviator, and military leader. He co-founded

Firth Concrete Firth Concrete (legal title: ''Firth Industries'') is New Zealand's largest and only national concrete company. It produces ready mix concrete under its Certified brand, a large range of concrete masonry (or grey masonry), paving, segmental ...

with his younger brother Tony Firth. Firth was born in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...

in 1905. His father was the inventor and manufacturer Ned Firth and his mother was Blanch Emily Banks.

Clifton Firth Reginald Clifton Firth (12 April 1904 – 31 August 1980) was a New Zealand graphic designer and photographer. Influenced by writings of the Bauhaus and contemporaries, especially the Swiss typographer Jan Tschichold, Firth's design work of the ...

(1904–1980) was his elder brother and Tony Firth (1907–1980) was his younger brother.

Josiah Firth Josiah Clifton Firth (27 October 1826 – 11 December 1897) was a New Zealand farmer, businessman and politician who had a brief brush with fame as the messenger between Te Kooti and the New Zealand Government during Te Kooti's War. Early life ...

was his grandfather. In the 1942 King's Birthday Honours, Firth was awarded the Air Force Cross.

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