Lawrence Reginald Smith SM MMM SAStC is a General Officer in the South African Army.

General Smith was appointed to the post of Deputy Chief of the South African Army on 1 January 2015, taking over from Maj Gen Les Rudman.

He served on the South West African/Namibian border and commanded Sector 5 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2003 and 2004.

He was also Head of the African Union Standby Force during its final Combat Readiness Exercise (Amani Africa) in November 2010.

he was involved in the preparation of the ACIRC (African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises) Force within the SANDF as well as at African Union level as the Deputy Exercise Director of Exercise UTULIVU AFRICA 2014.