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Name: LAWRENCE, Frederick Eyre (Capt.)
Photo Source: grave photo by Kevin Patience
Nee: son of General Sir Arthur Lawrence KCB
Birth Date: 27.12.1861 Farnham
Death Date: 16.10.1895 Mbogani, shot dead in Mazrui rebellion
Nationality: British
First Date: 1895
Last Date: 1895
Profession: EA Rifles 1895-1901 - 2nd in command to Capt. G.P. Hatch - killed soon afterwards in Mazrui ops. succeeded by Capt. E.G. Harrison.
Area: Coast
Book Reference: Moyse, Carson, North, UJ, Web
War Service: Rifle Brigade
General Information:
Moyse - 16th October 1895 - Capt. Lawrence, who had rushed a rebel boma at Mbogani with his raw Swahili recruits, was shot dead as he pursued on horseback after one of the rebel chiefs.
Carson - At Shimoni is the grave of Capt. Frederick Eyre Lawrence of the Rifle Brigade, the first European war casualty known and buried on the coast. He was killed by Sheikh Mubarak's troops near Gasi during the rebellion. The inscription of his well-preserved grave reads - "Killed in action at Mbogani in the cause of civilization and freedom to EA on 16th October 1895."
Uganda Journal - Vol. 23, p. 195 - The Mutiny Memorial at Bukaleba - …….. Lawrence was shot dead in action on 16 October 1895 at Mbogani during the Mazrui Rebellion operations (see Moyse-Bartlett, 'The King's African Rifles', 1956, p. 108).
North - killed at Mgobani in Pongwe Dist. near Wasin during Mbarak rebellion.
The plaque illustrated above is in Winchester Cathedral.