Major Samuel Lawrence VC - 32nd Regiment ( Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry )

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: URUGUAY

Name Samuel Hill,
LAWRENCE


Rank Major


Force 32nd Regiment
( Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry )


VC won Defence of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
7 July 1857


London Gaz 21 November 1859


Born Cork, Ireland,
22 January 1831


Died 17 June 1868,
Montevideo, Uruguay


Grave 19 June 1858: Old British Cemetery, Montevideo
18 July 1884: Reinterred British Cemetery, Rivera Avenue, Montevideo


Location
of VC		 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin, Cornwall


Remarks None


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