Lawrence is promoted into the 33rd Regiment of foot on 15th November 1797.
The muster rolls do not necessarily coincide with the location of the person, they only indicate where the register was compiled, occasionally a specific other location is mentioned and this is noted where it occurs
Muster rolls 1797-1801 1 2
Lieutenant (Promoted 15th November 1797)
| Date | Location [ref see below] | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 1797 | Madras | Joins the Regiment as Lieutenant from the 33rd, exchanging with Lieutenant William Fennel 3 4 |
| Jul 1798 | Arcot | |
| Feb 1799 | Vellore | |
| Jan 1800 | Seringapatum | Lawrence on leave |
| Jun 1800 | Seringapatum | Lawrence on leave |
| Jan 1801 | Seringapatum | |
| Dec 1801 | At Camp near French Border / Vellore | Lawrence present |
| Mar 1802 | At Camp near French Border / Vellore | Lawrence present |
| Jan 1803 | Seringapatum | Lawrence present |
| Feb 1804 | Vellore | |
| Jun 1804 | Seringapatum | Lawrence on command |
| Apr 1805 | Vellore | John Orroks letters “we received orders to march for Gootz 250 miles farther in the Interior of the Peninsula” |
| May 1805 | Gootz | John Orroks letters arrived on 24 May |
| Jun 1805 | Bellary | John Orroks letters arrived around 7th June (60 miles from Gootz), both halves of the Regiment now together |
| Jul 1805 | Bellary | John Orroks letters on 1 July march for Hydrabad (250 miles away) |
| Aug 1805 | Hydrabad | John Orroks letters The 33rd were ordered to march to the Frontier’s of the Mahratta Country (400 miles away) |
| Oct 1806 | Assaye | John Orroks letters 7th October the 33rd “arrived at the Camp of the Grand Army after a very long march of upwards of 900 miles from Vellore. We passed by the ground at Assaye .. an encamped there. Since then we have been marching all of the Mahratta Country. “ |
| Jan 1806 | Burhampour | John Orroks letters 33rd begin “the march back to Hydrabad and bid adieu to the Mahratta Country” |
Muster Roles 1808-1811 5 6 7
Captain (Promoted 23 Dec 1806)
The entry, General Court Martial at Bangalore was the end point of the mutiny by British Officers of the Madras (East India Company) regiment, for equal pay and conditions to those in the Bengal Regiments.8
| Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May 1808 | Hydrabad | Lawrence present |
| Oct 1808 | Hydrabad | Lawrence on leave to the Presidency (Madras) |
| Dec 1808 | Hydrabad | Lawrence present |
| Jun 1809 | Hydrabad | Lawrence on duty |
| Aug 1809 | Hydrabad | Lawrence Sick Present |
| Oct 1809 | Hydrabad | Lawrence on duty |
| Apr 1810 | Jurchilla | Lawrence Sick Present |
| May 1810 | Wurrubeaudah | Lawrence Sick Present |
| Jun 1810 | Bangalore | Lawrence Sick Present |
| Jul 1810 | Bangalore | Lawrence is member of a General Court Martial at Bangalore |
| Oct 1810 | Bangalore | Lawrence is member of a General Court Martial at Bangalore |
| Nov 1810 | Seringapatum | Lawrence present |
| Jan 1811 | Seringapatum | Lawrence Sick present |
| Mar 1811 | Seringapatum | Lawrence present |
| May 1811 | Vellore | Lawrence Sick present |
| Jun 1811 | Fort St George, Madras | Lawrence present |
On 26 August 1811 he exchanges with Captain Colclough and moves to the 56th Regiment of Foot 9
Locations of the 33rd Regiment 10
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 1797 | Madras |
| 1798 | Calcutta |
| 1799 | Seringapatam [April/May], Madras, Malavelly |
| 1800 | Seringapatam |
| 1802 | Mysore |
| 1804 | Allighur, Capture of Deeg, Delhi, Leswaree |
| 1805 | Vellore |
| 1806 | Hyderabad, North West Frontier |
| 1810 | Isle de France, Mauritius |
| 1811 | Bangalore |
- Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: General Muster Books and Pay Lists: 33rd Foot 1st Battalion (1791-1804). 1804. The National Archives, Kew, WO 12/4804 ↩︎
- Orrok, John. Letters of John Orrok. Milne & Hutchison, 1927 ↩︎
- The National Archive PRO/WO12/4802 ↩︎
- 33rd Regiment: Lieutenant Lawrence O’Hara, from the 52d Foot Vice Fennell, Who Exchanges.” The London Gazette, no. 15108, Feb. 1799, p. 162, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15108/page/162. ↩︎
- Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: General Muster Books and Pay Lists: 33rd Foot 1st Battalion (1805-1809). 1809. The National Archives, Kew, WO 12/4805 ↩︎
- Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: General Muster Books and Pay Lists: 33rd Foot 1st Battalion (1810). 1810. The National Archives, Kew, WO 12/4806 ↩︎
- Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: General Muster Books and Pay Lists: 33rd Foot 1st Battalion (1811). 1811. The National Archives, Kew, WO 12/4807 ↩︎
- Cardew, A. G. (1929). The White Mutiny: A Forgotten Episode in the History of the Indian Army. Constable. ↩︎
- “33rd Regiment: Captain G. Colclough, from the 56th Foot, to Be Captain of a Company, Vice O’Hara, Who Exchanges.” The London Gazette, no. 16581, July 1812, p. 451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16581/page/451. ↩︎
- Kitzmiller, John M., 1953. In Search of the “Forlorn Hope” : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and Their Records (1640-WWI). Manuscript Pub. Foundation, 1988 ↩︎