Lieutenant colonel Hervey Major Lawrence DSO & Bar OBE (24 March 1881 – 17 September 1975) was an English officer in the British Army and an amateur cricketer.

He transferred to become the commanding officer of the 1/7 battalion Cheshire regiment in 1916, seeing action during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign at the First Battle of Gaza in early 1917, capturing the hillside position at Ali Muntar for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

He fought at Second Marne and won a bar to his DSO during the battle,[3] the award citation praising his "magnificent example of leadership and courage"[5] in the action during which he was wounded in the side and the arm.

[5] He went on to win the Légion d'Honour Croix de Chevalier for his leadership in support of a French attack near Soissons, but was then hospitalised in England and removed from the strength of the battalion in at the end of August.

[7] On his return from India he played occasionally for Kent's Second XI between 1906 and 1909 before beginning to make appearances for Army sides.

[6] After the war Lawrence appeared occasionally for Bury and West Suffolk Cricket Club between 1927 and 1937 and played once for I Zingari in 1919.