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In the summer of 1896 the Lawrences moved to 2 Polstead Road in Oxford
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From 1907 to 1910 Lawrence studied history at Jesus College, Oxford
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In late 1911, Lawrence returned to England for a brief sojourn. By November he was en route to Beirut for a second season at Carchemish
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Lawrence continued making trips to the Middle East as a field archaeologist until the outbreak of the First World War
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At the outbreak of the First World War Lawrence was a university post-graduate researcher
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The British government in Egypt sent Lawrence to work with the Hashemite forces in the Arabian Hejaz in October 1916.
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During the war, Lawrence fought with Arab irregular troops under the command of Emir Faisal
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"I gave him a free hand. His cooperation was marked by the utmost loyalty, and I never had anything but praise for his work, which, indeed, was invaluable throughout the campaign. He was the mainspring of the Arab movement and knew their language, their manners and their mentality."
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By the summer of 1918, the Turks were offering a substantial reward for Lawrence's capture, with one officer writing in his notes; "Though a price of £15,000 has been put on his head by the Turks, no Arab has, as yet, attempted to betray him.
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During the closing years of the war he sought, with mixed success, to convince his superiors in the British government that Arab independence was in their interests. The secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between France and Britain contradicted the promises of independence he had made to the Arabs and frustrated his work
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Lawrence returned to the UK a full Colonel
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In August 1922, Lawrence enlisted in the Royal Air Force as an aircraftman under the name John Hume Ross.
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However, Lawrence was forced out of the RAF in February 1923 after being exposed. He changed his name to T. E. Shaw and joined the Royal Tank Corps in 1923
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He was unhappy there and repeatedly petitioned to rejoin the RAF, which finally readmitted him in August 1925.
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He purchased several small plots of land in Chingford, built a hut and swimming pool there, and visited frequently. This was removed in 1930 when the Chingford Urban District Council acquired the land and passed it to the City of London Corporation
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Lawrence was a keen motorcyclist, and, at different times, had owned seven Brough Superior motorcycles.[37] His seventh motorcycle is on display at the Imperial War Museum. Among the books Lawrence is known to have carried with him on his military campaigns
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At the age of 46, two months after leaving the service, Lawrence was fatally injured in an accident on his Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle in Dorset
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A dip in the road obstructed his view of two boys on their bicycles; he swerved to avoid them, lost control and was thrown over the handlebars.[39] He died six days later on 19 May 1935
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