80th  Anniversary of Lawrence of Arabia's Death

Today marked the 80th anniversary of Thomas Edward Lawrence's death on May 19th 1935.  Two months after leaving military service, he was fatally injured on his motorbike near his cottage, Clouds Hill, at Bovington.   His funeral was held at the nearby village Moreton and was attended by Winston and Clementine Churchill and E M Forster.

The carriage that carried Lawrence's coffin is now on display at the Village Tea Rooms in Moreton

A 1935 Brough Superior SS100 which belonged to Lawrence can be seen at the London Imperial War Museum, London.

Visiting Clouds Hill in 2012