T. E. Lawrence Studies

Letters and works shown in brown have been published in the printed edition indicated, but are covered by European copyright. For the present they cannot be included here.

Works

The Journal of the Royal Air Force College (Cranwell, Vol XI No 1, Spring 1931) contains pp.50-51: 'Ramping' by J.C. [pseudonym of T. E. Lawrence]. Reprinted in Vol. XV, No. 2, Autumn 1935, pp.152-153)

No Decency Left, by Barbara Rich [pseud. of Robert Graves and Laura Riding] contains a description of an imaginary autogyro written for the novel by T.E. Lawrence, see letter to Robert Graves of [21 April 1931].

Letters

January 1931

To H. S. Ede Sat. [January 1931] S-E pp. 46-7
To Bruce Rogers 25 January 1931 BR1 pp. [70-71]
To H. S. Ede 26 January 1931 S-E pp. 47-8
To Bruce Rogers 31 January 1931 DG pp. 709-10; BR1 pp [72-73]

February 1931

To Bruce Rogers 25 February 1931 DG pp. 710-12; BR1 pp. [72-5]

March 1931

To Lady Astor [postmarked 2 March 1931] DG pp. 713-4
To Flt Lt W. H. Jinman 5 March 1931 Boats pp. 13-14
To Colin Cooper 8 March 1931 Boats pp. 14-15 2040
To Edward Marsh 10 March 1931 DG pp. 714-5
To G. W. M. Dunn 11 March 1931 DG pp. 715-6

April 1931

To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 2 April 1931 Boats pp. 15-16
To H. S. Ede 8 April 1931 S-E p. 48
To S. C. Rolls 8 April 1931 DG pp. 716-7
To B. H. Liddell Hart 13 April [1931] DG pp. 717-8; B:LH pp. 42-3
To Bruce Rogers 16 April 1931 BR1 p. [78]
To a pilot (who had flown with Lawrence in 1919) 17 April 1931 DG p. 719
To Dick Knowles 19 April 1931 DG pp. 719-21
To Flt Lt W. H. Jinman 21 April 1931 Boats p. 29
To Robert Graves [21 April 1929] B:RG 167-8
To his mother 25 April 1931 HL pp. 378-9
To Bruce Rogers 25 April 1931 BR1 p. [79]
To Flt Lt W. H. Jinman 27 April 1931 Boats p. 30
To Clare Sydney Smith 30 April 1931 GR p. 141

May 1931

To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 4 May 1931 Boats pp. 34-5
To Clare Sydney Smith 22 May 1931 GR p. 143-4
To Bruce Rogers 23 May 1931 BR1 p. [80]
To Flt Lt H. Norrington 29 May 1931 Boats p. 42

June 1931

To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 7 June 1931 Boats pp. 42-3
To Bruce Rogers 8 June 1931 BR1 pp. [81-2]
To Lady Astor 10 June 1931 DG p. 722
To Noel Coward 10 June 1931 DG p. 723
To John Campbell 10 June 1931 Boats p. 51
To G. W. M. Dunn 10 June 1931 DG pp. 724-5
To H. S. Ede 10 June 1931 S-E p. 49
To David Garnett 10 June 1931 DG pp. 723-4
To Raymond Savage 10 June 1931 DG p. 721
To Robin White 10 June 1931 DG pp. 721-2
To Flight Lieutenant W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 18 June 1931 DG pp. 725-6; Boats pp. 55-6
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 25 June 1931 Boats p. 57

July 1931

To James Hanley 2 July 1931 DG pp. 727-9
To Henry Williamson 3 July 1931 Letters 9 pp. 116-7
To Flight Lieutenant W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 14 July 1931 DG pp. 729-30; Boats pp. 57-8
To B. H. Liddell Hart 15 July 1931 B:LH p. 43
To C. J. Greenwood 17 July 1931 DG pp. 730-31
To B. H. Liddell Hart 17 July 1931 B:LH p. 44

August 1931

September 1931

To Henry Williamson 1 September 1931 Letters 9 pp. 118-9
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 4 September 1931 Boats pp. 60-61
Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 5 September 1931 Letters 9 pp. 120-22
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 12 September 1931 Boats p. 61
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 21 September 1931 Boats pp. 61-2

October 1931

To Clare Sydney Smith 27 October 1931 GR pp. 168-70
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 29 October 1931 Boats pp. 62-4
To his mother 30 October 1931 HL p. 379
To Bruce Rogers 30 October 1931 BR1 pp. [86-7]

November 1931

To B. H. Liddell Hart 4 November 1931 B:LH pp. 46-7
To Group-Captain Sydney Smith 4 November 1931 GR pp. 171-2
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 6 November 1931 Boats pp. 64-6
To Lady Astor 12 November 1931 DG p. 737
To Bertram Thomas 21 November 1931 DG p. 737

December 1931

To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 4 December 1931 Boats pp. 67-8
To Clare Sydney Smith 7 December 1931 GR pp. 176-7
To H. S. Ede 11 December 1931 S-E p. 50
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 22 December 1931 Boats pp. 70-71
To H. S. Ede 23 December 1931 S-E pp. 50-51
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 23 December 1931 Boats p. 71
To James Hanley 28 December 1931 DG pp. 737-8
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 28 December 1931 Boats p. 72
To Corporal W. Bradbury 29 December 1931 Boats pp. 72-3
To Flt Lt W. E. G. Beauforte-Greenwood 30 December 1931 Boats p. 73

T. E. Lawrence chronology

1888 16 August: born at Tremadoc, Wales

1896-1907: City of Oxford High School for Boys

1907-9: Jesus College, Oxford, B.A., 1st Class Hons, 1909

1910-14: Magdalen College, Oxford (Senior Demy), while working at the British Museum's excavations at Carchemish

1915-16: Military Intelligence Dept, Cairo

1916-18: Liaison Officer with the Arab Revolt

1919: Attended the Paris Peace Conference

1919-22: wrote Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1921-2: Adviser on Arab Affairs to Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office

1922 August: Enlisted in the Ranks of the RAF

1923 January: discharged from the RAF

1923 March: enlisted in the Tank Corps

1923: translated a French novel, The Forest Giant

1924-6: prepared the subscribers' abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1927-8: stationed at Karachi, then Miranshah

1927 March: Revolt in the Desert, an abridgement of Seven Pillars, published

1928: completed The Mint, began translating Homer's Odyssey

1929-33: stationed at Plymouth

1931: started working on RAF boats

1932: his translation of the Odyssey published

1933-5: attached to MAEE, Felixstowe

1935 February: retired from the RAF

1935 19 May: died from injuries received in a motor-cycle crash on 13 May

1935 21 May: buried at Moreton, Dorset

T. E. Lawrence

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