Edward Lawson (VC)

Edward Lawson VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

11 April 1873

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Arved Viirlaid • Attila József • Charles Hallé • Doug Hopkins • George J. Maloof Sr. • Johann Sebastian Paetsch • John Eliot (statesman) • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich • Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931) • Lights (musician) • Lyudmila Kondratyeva • Mark Keppel • Percy Lavon Julian • Pierre Lacroix (ice hockey, born 1959) • Richard Berry (musician) • Tom Thacker (musician)

Born in the same month (April 1873): Ellen Glasgow • Howard R. Garis • James Harcourt • John McGraw • John W. Davis • Joseph Rheden • Kyösti Kallio • Sergei Rachmaninoff • Sydney Barnes • Walter de la Mare