Hervey Lawrence

Hervey Lawrence
Born	(1881-03-24)24 March 1881 Hadlow, Kent
Died	17 September 1975(1975-09-17) (aged 94) Ely, Cambridgeshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1901–1919
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Unit	Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Commands	5 battalion Suffolk Regiment 1/7 battalion Cheshire Regiment 1 battalion Herefordshire Regiment
Battles / wars	Boer War Gallipoli Campaign First Battle of Gaza Second Battle of Gaza Battle of Beersheba Battle of Jerusalem Second Battle of the Marne Battle of Soissons
Awards	Distinguished Service Order & Bar Croix de Chevalier Légion d'Honour Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant colonel Hervey Major Lawrence DSO & Bar OBE (24 March 1881 – 17 September 1975) was an English officer in the British Army and an amateur cricketer. He played seven first-class cricket matches between 1899 and 1914.^[1]

Lawrence served in the Boer War and in World War I when he commanded battalions in the Suffolk, Cheshire and Herefordshire Regiments. He won two Distinguished Service Orders and the Legion d'Honour during the war and was awarded an OBE in 1919. He died in 1975, the last remaining survivor of players who had played first-class county cricket before 1900.