1. Purbeck Hills.
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10. Moreton. Dorset.
T.E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) lived nearby at Clouds Hill, Bovington and his last resting place is in Moreton cemetary.
The entrance to the cemetery is a porch consisting of four Ionic columns under a pedimented roof.
The ornate entrance to the village’s graveyard started life as the entrance to the kitchen gardens at Moreton House.
It was moved in about 1950.
11.In 1935 26 february, at the age of 46 he decided to retire from the military.
As he wrote to a friend on May 6, 1935, as he was settling into Clouds Hill permanently.
It would not be.
Precisely a week later, Lawrence had a fatal motorcycle accident near Clouds Hill.
On May 13, while returning on his motorcycle from the Post Office at Bovington Camp.
T.E Lawrence was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, close to his cottage, Clouds Hill, near Wareham.
The accident occurred because of a dip in the road that obstructed his view of two boys on their bicycles; he swerved to avoid them, lost control and was thrown over the handlebars of his motorcycle.
Only one man on the Isle of Purbeck rode such an expensive motorcycle - Brough Superior SS100...probably travelling far faster than anyone appreciated.
He died six days later on May 19.
Some sources mistakenly claim that Lawrence was buried in St Paul's Cathedral; in reality, only a bust of him was placed in the crypt.
His final resting place is the Dorset village of Moreton.
12. The gravestones - perhaps more overtly religious in tone than Lawrence would have liked - were chosen by his mother and his elder brother Bob.
On Lawrence's grave stone is carved these words: "The hour is coming and now is when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and they that hear shall live."
The headstone makes no reference to his exploits in Arabia but only to his connection with Oxford University; the open book at the foot of the grave displays the university’s motto.
13. The Walled Garden and Dovecote Cafe:
14. Russian Kefir Crepes - GastroSenses:
- The Enigma of Thomas Edward Lawrence:
