This week at the club – ‘The Search For Lawrence of Arabia’s Desert Camp ‘ by John B Winterburn.

This week at the club – ‘The Search For Lawrence of Arabia’s Desert Camp ‘ by John B Winterburn.

Lawrence, 1918

This week we welcome John B Winterburn to our club night, who will be speaking to us about the search for Lawrence of Arabia’s Desert Camp.

John is an archaeologist, researcher and lecturer and has recently been heavily involved in the search for the desert camp of Lawrence of Arabia. He is interested in all periods of archaeology and in particular Modern Conflict Archaeology, the Neolithic and Roman periods as well as the archaeology of the 20th and 21st centuries.

John is also a Chartered Engineer and has a passion for the links between present technology and past industrial archaeology. He is also a licenced Radio Amateur and holds the call G4NSB.

Thomas Edward Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia as he is better known, is perhaps one of the most fascinating characters from the WW1 era.

Born in 1888 and tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in Dorset in 1935, he was an Archaeologist and an Officer in the British Army. His exploits during this period were famously portrayed in the 1962 film staring Peter O’Toole in the lead role.

With John’s expertise in this subject matter, this is sure to be a fascinating presentation and one not to be missed. So please join us on Thursday 19th February from 7pm at Pine Trees to meet John and see his presentation.