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T.E. Lawrence

(1888-1935), Known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and writer

Thomas Edward ('T.E.') Lawrence

Sitter in 28 portraits
Known to the world as 'Lawrence of Arabia', Thomas Edward Lawrence was born in Tremadoc, North Wales. After Oxford, he worked as an archaeologist in Syria, 1909-14. In the war against the Ottoman Empire, Lawrence was adviser to the future King Faisal, and led the triumphant Arabs into Damascus (1918). He told the story of his war in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph (1926). To escape his notoriety, Lawrence changed his name and rejoined the army in 1922 as Gunner J.H. Ross, and the RAF (1923-35) as Aircraftsman T.E. Shaw. In The Mint(1936) he described the harsh life of the ranks. He was killed in a motorcycle accident.

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T.E. Lawrence, by B.E. Leeson - NPG P324T.E. Lawrence
by B.E. Leeson
NPG P324
T.E. Lawrence, by Augustus John - NPG 3187T.E. Lawrence
by Augustus John
NPG 3187
T.E. Lawrence, by Augustus John - NPG 3188T.E. Lawrence
by Augustus John
NPG 3188
T.E. Lawrence, by Eric Kennington - NPG 4298T.E. Lawrence
by Eric Kennington
NPG 4298
T.E. Lawrence, by Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler - NPG 5016T.E. Lawrence
by Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler
NPG 5016
T.E. Lawrence, by Augustus John - NPG 2910T.E. Lawrence
by Augustus John
NPG 2910
T.E. Lawrence; David George Hogarth; Alan Geoffrey Charles Dawnay, by Harry Alonzo Chase - NPG x19908T.E. Lawrence; David George Hogarth; Alan Geoffrey Charles Dawnay
by Harry Alonzo Chase
NPG x19908
T.E. Lawrence, by Dennis Raymond Morris - NPG x12415T.E. Lawrence
by Dennis Raymond Morris
NPG x12415
T.E. Lawrence, by Flight Lieutenant Smetham - NPG x12413T.E. Lawrence
by Flight Lieutenant Smetham
NPG x12413
T.E. Lawrence, by Flight Lieutenant Smetham - NPG x12414T.E. Lawrence
by Flight Lieutenant Smetham
NPG x12414
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x3551T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x3551
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x3552T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x3552
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x3553T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x3553
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x3554T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x3554
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x3555T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x3555
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x3556T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x3556
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x3557T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x3557
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x3558T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x3558
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x1966T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x1966
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x1968T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x1968
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x1967T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x1967
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x1971T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x1971
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x1970T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x1970
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG Ax3425T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG Ax3425
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG Ax3424T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG Ax3424
T.E. Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x1969T.E. Lawrence
by Howard Coster
NPG x1969
T.E. Lawrence, by Reginald Sims - NPG x26859T.E. Lawrence
by Reginald Sims
NPG x26859

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Nigel Allen

12 October 2020, 13:41

The first picture in this sequence of T E Lawrence was taken by my great uncle Brian Ernest Leeson . At the time he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment and served alongside Lawrence. They developed a friendship which continued after the war until Lawrence was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident. Leeson was given a copy of Lawrences autobiography ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ and the two corresponded throughout their friendship.