Editing T. E. Lawrence (section)

==Death==
[[File:The grave of T. E. Lawrence in the separate churchyard of St Nicholas' Church, Moreton.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Lawrence's grave is in the separate churchyard of [[St Nicholas' Church, Moreton]], Dorset. ''[[Dominus illuminatio mea]]'', from [[Psalm 27]], is the motto of the [[University of Oxford]]; it translates as "The Lord is my light." The verse on the headstone is {{bibleverse|John|5:25|KJV}}.]]
Lawrence was a keen motorcyclist and owned eight [[Brough Superior]] motorcycles at different times.<ref name="Tragatsch">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00trag/page/95 |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles |date=1979 |publisher=New Burlington Books |isbn=978-0-906286-07-4 |editor=Erwin Tragatsch |page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00trag/page/95 95]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lawrence of Arabia |url=http://www.brough-superior.com/ws/frontend/seite/SeiteCms.php?coId=263&coType=navigation1 |access-date=21 October 2013}}</ref> His last SS100 (Registration GW 2275) is privately owned but has been on loan to the [[National Motor Museum, Beaulieu]]<ref>[http://www.broughsuperiorclub.com/pages/news/tel_brough/tel_brough.htm Brough Superior Club>] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003220310/http://www.broughsuperiorclub.com/pages/news/tel_brough/tel_brough.htm|date=3 October 2011}}. Retrieved 5 May 2008.</ref> and the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 February 2013 |title=Lawrence of Arabia? We're more into the Taliban now |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/lawrence-of-arabia-we-re-more-into-the-taliban-now-8509967.html |access-date=20 July 2019 |website=London Evening Standard}}</ref> In 1934, he motorcycled over 200 miles from [[Manchester]] to [[Winchester]] to meet [[Eugène Vinaver]], editor of the [[Winchester Manuscript]] of [[Thomas Malory]]'s ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'',<ref>Walter F. Oakeshott (1963). "The Finding of the Manuscript," ''Essays on Malory'', J. A. W. Bennett, ed. (Oxford: Clarendon, 93: 1—6).</ref> a book which he admired and carried on his campaigns.{{sfn|Mack|1976|p=42}}

On 13 May 1935, Lawrence was fatally injured in an accident on his [[Brough Superior SS100]] motorcycle in [[Dorset]] close to his cottage [[Clouds Hill]], near [[Bovington Camp]], just two months after leaving military service.{{sfn|Mack|1976|p=409}} 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.<ref name="BBC Lawrence">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8130000/8130638.stm |publisher=BBC |title=T.E. Lawrence, To Arabia and back |access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref> He died six days later on 19 May 1935, aged 46.<ref name="BBC Lawrence" /> The location of the crash is marked by a small memorial at the roadside.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telsociety.org.uk/places-to-visit/dorset/|title=Dorset|publisher=T. E. Lawrence Society|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref> One of the doctors attending him was neurosurgeon [[Hugh Cairns (surgeon)|Hugh Cairns]], who consequently began a long study of the loss of life by motorcycle dispatch riders through head injuries. His research led to the use of [[crash helmet]]s by both military and civilian motorcyclists.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Maartens |first1=Nicholas F. |last2=Wills |first2=Andrew D. |last3=Adams |first3=Christopher B.T. |title=Lawrence of Arabia, Sir Hugh Cairns, and the Origin of Motorcycle Helmets |journal=Neurosurgery |date=1 January 2002 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=176–180 |doi=10.1097/00006123-200201000-00026 |pmid=11844248 |s2cid=28233149 }}</ref>

The [[Moreton, Dorset|Moreton]] estate borders Bovington Camp, and Lawrence bought Clouds Hill from his cousins, the Frampton family. He had been a frequent visitor to their home, Oakers Wood House, and had corresponded with Louisa Frampton for years. Lawrence's mother arranged with the Framptons to have his body buried in their family plot in the separate burial ground of [[St Nicholas' Church, Moreton]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kerrigan|first=Michael|title=Who Lies Where – A guide to famous graves|year=1998|publisher=Fourth Estate Limited|location=London|isbn=978-1-85702-258-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/wholieswhereguid00kerr/page/51 51]|url=https://archive.org/details/wholieswhereguid00kerr/page/51}}</ref><ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2. McFarland & Company (2016) {{ISBN|0786479922}}</ref> The coffin was transported on the Frampton estate's bier. Mourners included Winston Churchill, [[E. M. Forster]], [[Lady Astor]], and Lawrence's youngest brother Arnold.<ref>Moffat, W. "A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster", p. 240</ref> Churchill described him like this: "Lawrence was one of those beings whose pace of life was faster and more intense than what is normal."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-07 |title=Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence: a brilliant friendship |url=https://www.thearticle.com/winston-churchill-and-t-e-lawrence-a-brilliant-friendship |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=TheArticle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/lawrenceofarabia/players/churchill2.html|title=Winston Churchill|publisher=PBS|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

The inquest into Lawrence's death was conducted hurriedly and there was conflicting testimony, particularly in the report of a "black car" which may or may not have been present at the scene of the accident, and the behaviour of the bicycling boys.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NiA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA263 |title=Another Life: Lawrence After Arabia|publisher=History Press|first= Andrew R. B.|last= Simpson|year=2011|isbn=978-0752466446|pages=244–252}}</ref> Some have speculated that Lawrence was assassinated but, due to a lack of supporting evidence, it is generally accepted that his death was an accident.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NiA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA263 |title=Another Life: Lawrence After Arabia|publisher=History Press|first= Andrew R. B.|last= Simpson|year=2011|isbn=978-0752466446|pages=283}}</ref>