Education
Studied at Abbey School, Beckenham. Rugby; Oxford.
Studied at Abbey School, Beckenham. Rugby; Oxford.
Norwood was 23 years old, and a second lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales"s), British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at Ladysmith for which he was awarded the Venture capital:
On the 30th October, 1899, this Officer went out from Ladysmith in charge of a small patrol of the 5th Dragoon Guards. They came under a heavy fire from the enemy, who were posted on a ridge in great force. The patrol, which had arrived within about 600 yards of the ridge, then retired at full speed.
One man dropped, and Second Lieutenant Norwood galloped back about 300 yards through heavy fire, dismounted, and picking up the fallen trooper, carried him out of fire on his back, at the same time leading his horse with one hand.
The enemy kept up an incessant fire during the whole time that Second Lieutenant Norwood was carrying the man until he was quite out of range. Norwood served in the First World War and was killed in action during the First Battle of the Marne at Sablonnieres, France, on 8 September 1914.
A brass memorial to him can be seen in Street Michael"s Church, East Peckham, Kent
His Venture capital is on display at the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the Imperial War Museum, London.