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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 576

(x) Lady Grey Town Guard

Approximately 108 Medals were awarded to the unit.

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (69 Pte. H. N. Attwell. Lady Grey T.G.), very fine

H. Norman Attwell was born in East London in June 1881 and was educated at the South African College, Cape Town. A descendant of early British settlers, his ancestors had arrived in the Colony as far back as 1820 and settled at Grahamstown. Attwell took up law as a profession and was articled to his brother, Mr. R. G. Attwell, of Lady Grey District, Aliwal North.

He subsequently completed his articles with Mr. Gus Trollop, a solicitor of Cape Town, and was himself admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court, Cape Colony, and a notary public in March 1905. Three months later he was made conveyancer and subsequently practised at Chancery Lane, Cape Town.

According to Men of the Times:

'Of a retiring disposition, Mr. Attwell strikes one as a man of deep thought, possessing those qualities which are most becoming to that honourable profession of which he is a member. His favourite recreation is tennis, in which he has always taken a great interest.'

The Medal Roll for Lady Grey Town Guard further states:

'H. N. Attwell enrolled in the early part of 1901 and served with his brother (14 R. G. Attwell, Lady Grey T.G.). He is also an articulate European. Both Cape Colony.'

Sold with copied roll entry and original photograph of H. Norman Attwell in military uniform atop his horse.


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