Ted Firth

{{Short description|New Zealand manufacturer, aviator, and military leader}}

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Edward Buckland Firth {{post-nominals|country=NZL|AFC|size=85%}} (27 September 1905 – 6 May 1978) was a New Zealand manufacturer, aviator, and military leader. He co-founded Firth Concrete with his younger brother Tony Firth.

Firth was born in Auckland in 1905. His father was the inventor and manufacturer Ned Firth and his mother was Blanch Emily Banks.{{DNZB|last=Stanley |first=R. D. |id=4f14 |title=Firth, Edward Buckland and Firth, Guy Mortimer |accessdate=4 April 2021}} Clifton Firth (1904–1980) was his elder brother{{DNZB|last=Gillam |first=Jennifer|id=5f7 |title=Firth, Reginald Clifton |accessdate=4 April 2021}} and Tony Firth (1907–1980) was his younger brother. Josiah Firth was his grandfather.{{DNZB|last=Waterson|first=D. B.|id=1F7|title=Firth, Josiah Clifton |accessdate=4 April 2021}}

In the 1942 King's Birthday Honours, Firth was awarded the Air Force Cross.{{cite news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19420611.2.52 |title=Birthday honours |date=11 June 1942 |work=Evening Star |issue=24218 |page=5 |access-date=4 April 2021}}