# Craig Lawrence

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[Major General](/source/Major_General) **John Craig Lawrence** (born 18 October 1963) is a retired [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer whose last appointment was as the Director of Joint Warfare at the [Directorate of Joint Warfare](/source/Joint_Forces_Command#Directorate_of_Joint_Warfare).[1] He is now an author and lecturer at the [Royal College of Defence Studies](/source/Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies).[1]

Lawrence was educated at [Hill House School](/source/Hill_House_School,_South_Yorkshire), [St Peter's School, York](/source/St_Peter's_School,_York) and [Durham University](/source/Durham_University), where he read engineering.[1][2] Commissioned into the [2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)](/source/2nd_King_Edward_VII's_Own_Gurkha_Rifles_(The_Sirmoor_Rifles)), he joined this unit in 1987 after finishing university.[1] According to his personal website, he has served in a variety of regimental and staff appointments. As a [Brigadier](/source/Brigadier), he served in [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan) as the director of the [International Security Assistance Force](/source/International_Security_Assistance_Force)'s Election Support Cell and was awarded the [Afghan Ministry of the Interior](/source/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Afghanistan))'s Honour and Service Medal.[3]

Lawrence was made a Member of the [Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) in the [2001 New Year Honours](/source/2001_New_Year_Honours).[4] He was upgraded to Commander of the order in 2013.[5]

Lawrence's first book was a commemorative history of the Gurkhas titled *The Gurkhas: 200 Years of Service to the Crown*[6] and was published on 30 April 2015. The second, titled *The Legacy*,[7] is an [action-adventure novel](/source/Adventure_fiction) and was published on 21 May 2015.

## References

1. [*Lawrence, Maj. Gen. (John) Craig, (born 18 Oct. 1963)*](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/abstract/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-277025). UK Who's Who. [doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U277025](https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U277025). ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

1. ["About Craig Lawrence"](https://www.craiglawrence.co/about-craig---gallery.html). *Craig Lawrence Books*. Retrieved 2025-04-25.

1. ["About Craig Lawrence"](https://www.craiglawrence.co/about---gallery-news.html). *Craig Lawrence Books*. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

1. ["Military Honours: Army"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092699.stm). *BBC News*. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

1. Black, Sharon (29 December 2012). ["New Year Honours for Service personnel and Defence civilians"](https://civvystreetmagazine.co.uk/2012/12/new-year-honours-for-service-personnel-and-defence-civilians/). *Civvy Street Magazine*. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

1. Lawrence, Major General J C (2015). *The Gurkhas: 200 Years of Service to the Crown*. Unicorn. ISBN 978-1-910500-02-6.

1. Lawrence, Craig (2015). *The Legacy*. FireStep. ISBN 978-1-908487-43-8.

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