Herbert Lawrence

Sir Herbert Lawrence
Born(1861-08-08)8 August 1861
London, England
Died17 January 1943(1943-01-17) (aged 81)
Little Berkhamsted, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1882–1903
1914–1919
RankGeneral
Commands66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division (1917)
71st Division (1916–17)
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division (1915–16)
127th (Manchester) Brigade (1915)
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
Croix de Guerre (France)
Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Army Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
Grand Officer of the Order of Karađorđe's Star (Serbia)[1]
Grand Officer of the Military Order of Aviz (Portugal)
RelationsJohn Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (father)
Other workChairman of Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank

General Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence, GCB (8 August 1861 – 17 January 1943) was a general in the British Army, a banker and a businessman.

He worked alongside Major Douglas Haig (Assistant Adjutant General) as Intelligence head of General French's staff during the Second Boer War, and was Haig's Chief of Staff in the final year of World War I.

  1. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 591.