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VC134   Samuel Hill Lawrence

BORN   22 January 1831

DIED   17 June 1868  AGE   37

VC Won  7 July 1857  AGE   26

Place VC Won  Lucknow

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Samuel Hill Lawrence   No.      

VC Issue No.   134   Awards   VC   

Regiment   32nd Regiment

Later  Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Now   3rd + 5th Battalions The Rifles

Rank VC Won   Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Major

Place Of Birth   Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland

Place Of Death   Montevideo, Uruguay

Buried/Location Ashes  The British Cemetery, Avenue General Rivera, Uruguay

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone Headstone     Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   21 November 1859

VC Presented   04 January 1860, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Memorials

Headstone, The British Cemetery, Avenue General Rivera, Uruguay

Framed drawing at the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, The Keep, Bodmin, Cornwall

By The Way…

Cousin of (122) Thomas Cadell VC

Originally buried at Old British Cemetery, Avenida 18 de Julio, Uruguay

VC Held By

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, The Keep, Bodmin, Cornwall, England

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During the defence of Lucknow, on 7th July 1857, he assaulted a house which was held by Sepoys, suspected of being a base for mining operations. Showing extreme bravery in leading from the front. On 26th September he led a charge and captured an enemy cannon