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BORN 8 September 1876
DIED 8 September 1914 AGE 38
VC Won 30 October 1899 AGE 23
Place VC Won Ladysmith (Patrol)
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name John Norwood No.
VC Issue No. 440 Awards VC
Regiment 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
Later 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Now Royal Dragoon Guards
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Pembury Lodge, Beckenham, Kent, England
Place Of Death Sablonnieres, Seine-et-Marne, France
Buried/Location Ashes Sablonnieres New Communal Cemetery Extension, La Chenee, Sablonnieres, Ile-de-France, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 4
Gazetted 20 July 1900
VC Presented 25 October 1900 by the Commander in Chief, South Africa, Lord Roberts VC at Pretoria, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, Sablonnieres New Communal Cemetery Extension, La Chenee, Sablonnieres, Ile-de-France, France
P Named on the Masonic Roll of Honour Scroll, First Vestibule, Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London
P Named on war memorial at St Wilfred's Church, Haywards Heath, Sussex
P Named on war memorial, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Memorial at Garrison Church, Aldershot, Hampshire
P Named on war memorial, St Paul’s Church, Brackley Road, Beckenham, Kent
Memorial at St Michaels Church, East Peckham, Kent
P Named on War Memorial, Chapel, Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire
P Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial Stone, Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth, South London
Named on War Memorial, Beckenham Cricket Club, Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, South East London
By The Way…
The nickname for the 5th Dragoon Guards was “the green horse”
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
Thank you to Rusty Maclean at Rugby School
