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On August 7, 1900, Sergeant Lawrence was on patrol duty with
Private Hayman, when they were attacked by about fourteen of the
enemy. Private Hayman's horse was hit, and in falling threw its
rider, dislocating his shoulder. Lawrence went at once to his
comrade's help, dragged him from under the wounded animal, set
him on his own horse, telling him to ride towards the picket. He
then took Hayman's carbine, and, with his own as well, kept the
enemy at a distance until the wounded man was safely out of
range, when he commenced to retire on foot, followed by the
Boers for two miles, and keeping them off until he received
assistance. The Victoria Cross, so nobly earned, was presented to
Sergeant Lawrence by H.M. the King in London on August 12, 1902.
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