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From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ii April 1966 no 185
As promised in our July issue and thanks to Mr. I. H. Taylor’s copy of it, we are able to furnish the MAGAZINE with the photograph taken by T. E. Lawrence in which he himself appears.
Continue reading “The Sixth Form of 1906-7”From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ili JULY 1966 No. 186
The bronze statuette of Lawrence of Arabia illustrated in this number of the MAGAZINE was presented to the School in 1956 by Mrs. Lightfoot.
Continue reading “The Lawrence Statuette”From an article in The Times for 2 Dec 1971
DR ROBERT LAWRENCE Missionary in China
W.G.B. writes:
Courage and abiding love of service to God and country and his family, dominated Robert Lawrence, who died recently at Swanage.
Continue reading “Robert Lawrence (1896-1904)”In this made-for-television sequel to the film LAWRENCE OF ARABIA by David Lean, the legendary British officer T.E. Lawrence travels to the Paris Peace Conference with his comrade Emir Feisal, the King of Syria, to attempt to win independence for the Arabs.
Continue reading “Lawrence TV sequel 1990”A note by Tony Phelps:
The Lawrence Brothers’ Memorial Fund financed the establishment at Jesus College Oxford of a Scholarship or Exhibition, which was first competed for in 1939. It was created in memory of three of the Lawrence brothers. Namely:
In the Oxford Mail of 22 Dec 1977, this critique was published by Keith Robertson of the book “Solitary in the Ranks” Lawrence as airman and private soldier”, by H Montgomery Hyde and published by Constable.
“Lawrence may have sought solitude when he refused offers of high office and instead listed in the ranks as an airman.
In April 1962 “Ross: a dramatic portrait” by Terence Rattigan was performed at the New Theatre in Oxford. The lead role of Ross (Lawrence of Arabia) was played by Michael Bryant. In the programme there were some biographical notes on T E Lawrence:
Continue reading “Lawrence of Arabia as Ross”On August 30, 1922, Lawrence of Arabia arrived at the RAF recruiting office in 4 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London to enlist as John Hume Ross. This newspaper report by W E Johns of Biggles fame (1922) appeared in September 1959 (Johns was 66 at the time and died in 1968). Unfortunately it has not been possible to identify the paper in which it appeared.
“If – as it would seem – the enlistment of T E Lawrence into the RAF is to be made an incident of major historical importance, it is time the truth was told.
Closing remarks on the occasion of the inauguration of the plaque in memory of Lawrence of Arabia by Winston Churchill on 3 October 1936
“My task this morning is an easy one.
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