T. E. Lawrence

Contents lists



1888-1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915-16

1917-18

1919-20

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Updated June 2012

Correspondence and works by T. E. Lawrence

written or first published in 1915-1916

Letters and works shown in bright blue have been published and are now out of copyright. Click on the reference to see the published text.

Letters and works shown in green are also out of copyright and will be added shortly.

Letters and works shown in pale blue have been published in the printed edition indicated, but are covered by copyright until the date shown in italics. Until then they cannot be included here.

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Works

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The Arab Bulletin, secret publication circulated by the Arab Bureau, Cairo, 1916-19. Lawrence's identified contributions will also be listed in Letters and Reports under the issue dates of the Bulletin.

• 'Syria, The Raw Material', 1915, Arab Bulletin, 12 March 1917, SD pp. 70-79

• 'Mesopotamia', Arab Bulletin No. 3, DG pp. 208-10

• 'Letter from Sherif Feisal' [26 October 1916], Arab Bulletin No. 8, 8 November 1916; SD pp. 11-12

• 'Extracts from a diary of a journey', Arab Bulletin, 18 November 1916, SD pp. 12-20

• 'Extracts from a report on Feisal's operations', Arab Bulletin, 18 November 1916, pp. SD 20-28

• 'Sherif Hussein's administration', Arab Bulletin, 26 November 1916, SD pp. 28-31

• 'Military notes', Arab Bulletin, 26 November 1916, SD pp. 31-5

• 'Personal notes on the Sherifial family', Arab Bulletin, 26 November 1916, SD pp. 35-8

• 'Nationalism among the tribesmen', Arab Bulletin, 26 November 1916, SD pp. 38-40

• 'The Turkish Hejaz forces and their reinforcement', Arab Bulletin, 26 November 1916, SD pp. 40-45

• 'Sherif Feisal's army', Arab Bulletin, 11 December 1916, SD pp. 46-51

• 'Genesis of the Hejaz revolt', Arab Bulletin, SD p. 52

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Letters and reports

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January 1915

• To D. G. Hogarth 15 January DG pp. 191-2
• To Will Lawrence 21 January 1915 HL p. 301

February 1915

• To D. G. Hogarth 2 February 1915 DG p. 192
• To his family 12 February 1915 HL pp. 301-2
• To his family 20 February 1915 HL p. 303

March 1915

• To E. T. Leeds 9 March 1915 Leeds p. 107 2039
• To D. G. Hogarth 18 March 1915 DG pp. 193-4
• To D. G. Hogarth 22 March 1915 DG pp. 195-6

April 1915

• To E. T. Leeds 18 April 1915 Leeds pp. 108, 109 2039
• To D. G. Hogarth 20 April 1915 DG pp. 196-7
• To D. G. Hogarth 26 April 1915 DG pp. 197-8
• Syria, The Raw Material', 1915, Arab Bulletin, 12 March 1917

June 1915

• To his family 4 June 1915 HL pp. 303-4
• To A. B. Watt 15 June 1915 DG p. 198
• To his mother [c.10 June 1915] HL p. 304
• To his family 16 June 1915 HL pp. 305
• To his family 23 June 1915 HL pp. 305-6
• To A.B. Watt [c. June 1915] DG pp. 198-9

July 1915

• To his family 3 July 1915 HL p. 306
• To Will Lawrence 17 July 1915 DG p. 199
• To his family 27 July 1915 HL pp. 306-7

August 1915

• To his family 19 August 1915 HL p. 307
• To A. B. Watt 29 August 1915 DG pp. 199-200
• To his family 31 August 1915 HL pp. 307-8

September 1915

• To his family 21 September 1915 HL p. 308
• To his family 29 September 1915 HL pp. 308-9

October 1915

• To his family [c. Oct 1915] HL pp. 309-10
• To his family 19 October 1915 HL p. 310

November

• To E. T. Leeds 16 November 1915 Leeds p. 110 2039

December 1915

• To his family 25 December 1915 HL pp. 310-11

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January 1916

• To his family 4 January 1916 HL p. 311
• To his family 18 January 1916 HL p. 312
• To E. T. Leeds 18 January 1916 Leeds pp. 111-12 2039
• To his family 24 January 1916 HL pp. 312-3
• To his family [29 January 1916] HL p. 313

February 1916

• To his family 21 February 1916 HL p. 314

March 1916

• To his family 16 March 1916 HL p. 315
• To his family 20 March 1916 HL pp. 315-6
• To his family end of March [1916] HL pp. 316-7
• To V. W. Richards end of March [1916] DG pp. 201-2

May 1916

• To his family 18 May [1916] HL pp. 317-27 (DG pp. 203-8, but substantial omissions)
• 'Mesopotamia', Arab Bulletin No. 3, DG pp. 208-10

July 1916

• To his family 1 July [1916] HL pp. 327-8
• To his family 22 July 1916 HL p. 328

September 1916

• To his family 16 September 1916 HL pp. 328-9
• To his family 24 September 1916 HL pp. 329-30

October 1916

• To his family 10 October 1916 HL pp. 330-331
• 'Extracts from a diary of a journey', 21-26 October 1916 Arab Bulletin, 18 November 1916, SD 12-20
• 'Letter from Sherif Feisal' [26 October 1916], Arab Bulletin No. 8, 8 November 1916; SD 11-12

November 1916

• To his family 18 November 1916 HL pp. 331-2

December 1916

• To Colonel C. E. Wilson 6 December 1916 DG pp. 211-3
• To his mother 14 December 1916 HL p. 332
• To Colonel C. E. Wilson 22 December 1916 DG pp. 213-4

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