Charles Lawrie (British Army officer)
Charles Lawrie | |
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 Major-General Charles Lawrie by Ambrose McEvoy | |
| Born | 1864 Bromley, Kent, England[1] |
| Died | 12 April 1953 (aged 88-89) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | 63rd (Royal Naval) Division |
| Battles / wars | Jebu Expedition Dongola Expedition Nile Expedition Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Charles Edward Lawrie CB, DSO (1864 – 12 April 1953) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Educated at Cheam School, Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Lawrie was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 15 February 1884.[2] He saw action with the Jebu Expedition in Nigeria in 1892, the Dongola Expedition in 1896 and the Nile Expedition in 1898 before service in the Second Boer War in 1899.[3]
He went on to be Director, Royal Artillery for 19th Division and then Brigadier, Royal Artillery with II Corps before becoming General Officer Commanding 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in February 1917, when he was promoted to the temporary rank of major general,[4] on the Western Front during the First World War. He commanded the division at the Battle of Arras in April 1917 when a German advance was repulsed but at considerable cost to the division.[5]
His youngest son was the cricketer Percy Lawrie.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "We remember: Charles Edward Lawrie". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "No. 25330". The London Gazette. 21 March 1884. p. 1348.
- ^ "The Late Major-General C. E. Lawrie of Ryde" (PDF). Isle of Wight County Press. 18 April 1953. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 29996". The London Gazette. 23 March 1917. p. 2862.
- ^ Harvey, Trevor Gordon (1 August 2015). "An Army of Brigadiers" (PDF). University of Birmingham. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ District intelligence. Grantham Journal. 8 September 1928. p. 2
- 1864 births
- 1953 deaths
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Bromley
- People from Bromley
- British Army generals of World War I
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Royal Artillery officers
- People educated at Eton College
- British Army major generals
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of the Mahdist War