Edwin Royden Wells

Edwin Royden Wells (1887 – 1950) was born in Christchurch and trained with AH Hart, and later with the Luttrell Brothers. He worked briefly in Wellington with Penty & Blake and Crichton & McKay before moving to Gisborne, Timaru and Christchurch. He served with the Otago Mounted Rifles in WWI where he won the Military Cross for bravery and rose the rank of Captain. Wells formed his own practice in Wellington from 1920 – 1940 and is known to have worked for Fletcher Construction in the early 1920s.

Sources:

Mew, Geoff & Adrian Humphris. “Raupo to Deco: Wellington Styles and Architects 1840 – 1940” (Wellington: Steel Roberts Aotearoa, 2014) 
NZHTP Glossary
NZ Institute of Architects Journal, Vol.36, no.2. 1969
St Luke’s Church (Presbyterian),” Heritage New Zealand website accessed July 2015 http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/647
WCC Heritage Inventory 2001