Editing T. E. Lawrence (section)

==Awards and commemorations==
[[File:Lawrence Bust in St. Paul.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Eric Kennington]]'s bust of Lawrence in [[St Paul's Cathedral]], London]]
[[File:Church of St Martin, Wareham - T E Lawrence effigy - geograph.org.uk - 722196.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The head of Lawrence's effigy in [[St Martin's Church, Wareham]], Dorset. He is buried in [[Moreton, Dorset]]]]
Lawrence was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 7 August 1917,<ref name=cb/> appointed a [[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]] on 10 May 1918,<ref name=dso/> awarded the [[Légion d'Honneur|Knight of the Legion of Honour]] (France) on 30 May 1916<ref name=loh/> and the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de guerre]] (France) on 16 April 1918.<ref name=cdeg/>

He was [[mentioned in despatches]] by [[John Maxwell (British Army officer)|Sir John Maxwell]] (General Officer Commanding, Egypt) on 16 March 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=29632|supp=3|page=6185|date=21 June 1916}}</ref> by [[Sir Percy Lake]] (Commanding [[Indian Expeditionary Force D]]) on 12 August 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=29782|supp=4|page=9857|date=12 October 1916}}</ref> and by [[Sir Reginald Wingate]] (General Officer Commanding, Hedjaz) on 27 December 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=31690|supp=5|page=15611|date=15 December 1919}}</ref>

[[King George V]] offered Lawrence a knighthood on 30 October 1918 at a private audience in [[Buckingham Palace]] for his services in the Arab Revolt, but he declined.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telstudies.org/biography/chron_1918_2.shtml |title=Outline chronology: 1918 (Oct–Dec) |website=T.E. Lawrence Studies |access-date=24 November 2018 |archive-date=5 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605092420/http://www.telstudies.org/biography/chron_1918_2.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{sfn|Orlans|2002|p=7}} He was unwilling to accept the honour in light of how his country had betrayed the Arabs.<ref>{{cite news| last = Fraser | first = Giles | title = Lawrence of Arabia wouldn't have been surprised by the rise of Isis | newspaper = [[The Guardian]]| date = Apr 8, 2016 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2016/apr/08/lawrence-of-arabia-wouldnt-have-been-surprised-by-the-rise-of-isis| access-date = 2021-06-07 }}</ref>

A bronze bust of Lawrence by Eric Kennington was placed in the crypt of [[St Paul's Cathedral]], London, in January 1936, alongside the tombs of Britain's greatest military leaders.{{sfn|Murphy|2008|p=86}} In 1939, a recumbent stone effigy by Kennington was installed in [[St Martin's Church, Wareham]], Dorset.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2006/03/03/st_martins_feature.shtml|title=Dorset's oldest church|date=5 August 2012|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first=Richard |last=Knowles |title=Tale of an 'Arabian knight': the T.E. Lawrence effigy |journal=Church Monuments |volume=6 |year=1991 |pages=67–76 }}</ref>

Jesus College commissioned a close parallel of the portrait by Augustus John from the artist [[Alix Jennings]] as their official memorial to Lawrence.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thackrah |first=John Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvqeAAAAMAAJ&q=alix+jennings |title=The University and Colleges of Oxford |date=1981 |publisher=Dalton |isbn=978-0-86138-002-2 |pages=116}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Baker |first=John Norman Leonard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDi7AAAAIAAJ&q=alix+jennings |title=Jesus College, Oxford, 1571-1971 |date=1971 |publisher=Jesus College, Oxford |isbn=978-0-9502164-0-9 |pages=111}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7shAQAAIAAJ&q=alix+jennings |title=T.E. Lawrence Symposium Proceedings: A Collection of the Presentations Made at the T.E. Lawrence Symposium, Held May 20-21, 1988, at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Edward Lawrence, the Man and Legend Known as Lawrence of Arabia |date=1988 |publisher=Pepperdine University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TE Lawrence - Jesus College TE Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia |url=https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/history/telawrence/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Jesus College}}</ref>

An [[English Heritage]] [[blue plaque]] marks Lawrence's childhood home at 2 Polstead Road, Oxford. Another is on his London home at 14 Barton Street, Westminster.<ref>[http://openplaques.org/plaques/2869 "This house was the home of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) from 1896–1921"]. Open Plaques. Retrieved 5 August 2012</ref><ref>[http://openplaques.org/plaques/1324 "T.E. Lawrence "Lawrence of Arabia" 1888–1935 lived here]. Open Plaques. Retrieved 5 August 2012</ref> In 2002, Lawrence was named 53rd in the [[BBC]]'s list of the [[100 Greatest Britons]], following a UK-wide vote.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt | last = Wells|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/aug/22/britishidentityandsociety.television |title=The 100 greatest Britons: lots of pop, not so much circumstance &#124; Media |work=The Guardian |date=22 August 2002 |access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>

In 2018, Lawrence was featured on a £5 coin, issued in silver and gold, in a six-coin set commemorating the Centenary of the First World War, produced by the [[Royal Mint]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://onlinecoin.club/Coins/Country/United_Kingdom/Five_Pounds_2018_Lawrence_of_Arabia/ |title=Five Pounds 2018 Lawrence of Arabia |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>