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): Ana María Polo • Andronikos IV Palaiologos • Bernard O'Dowd • Eleni Tsaligopoulou • Ferdinand Lassalle • Howard W. Koch • Ivonne Teichmann • Jean-Joseph Mouret • Joel Grey • Josh Hancock • Kotomitsuki Keiji • Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior) • Manuel Ugarte (footballer) • Masaru Ibuka • Milly Alcock • Reatha Clark King • Steve Scarsone

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