Henry Montgomery Lawrence Military person

Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB (28 June 1806 – 4 July 1857) was a British soldier and statesman in India, who died defending Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. Henry Montgomery Lawrence is still well remembered in Indian subcontinent due to being the founder of four Lawrence Military Asylums.

Personal facts

Henry Montgomery Lawrence
Birth dateJune 28, 1806
Birth place
Sri Lanka
Date of deathJuly 04, 1857
Place of death
Lucknow , Presidencies and provinces of British India

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Military person

allegiance
25px United Kingdom
22x25px East India Company
award
Punjab Medal
Sutlej Medal
India General Service Medal (1854)
Indian Mutiny Medal
Army of India Medal
Candahar Ghuznee Cabul Medal
military operations
First Anglo-Burmese War
First Anglo-Afghan War
First Anglo-Sikh War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Indian Rebellion of 1857
military branch
Bengal Army
relation
John Lawrence 1st Baron Lawrence
service start1823
service end1857

Henry Montgomery Lawrence on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/INDIA/1999-03/0922136923
  2. http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/LAP_LEO/LAWRENCE_SIR_HENRY_MONTGOMERY_1.html
  3. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23336661M/Addiscombe_its_heroes_and_men_of_note_by_Colonel_H._M._Vibart..._With_an_introduction_by_Lord_Robert
  4. http://www.bartleby.com/65/la/LawrencHM.html
  5. http://www.lawrence.edu.pk
  6. http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/freedom/second_anglo_sikh_war.htm
  7. http://www.sanawar.com
  8. http://www.thelawrenceschool.org