T. E. Lawrence Calender 1916-1918


by YAGITANI Ryoko, Japan
Last updated 27 FEB. 2014 [ver. 1.12] (web links updated)

October 1916
1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8

9
10
Cairo
To his family [HL, MB]
11
12
left Cairo [SPO9]
13
14
15

16
arrived Jidda, met Emir Abdulla [SPO10-11]
17
Jidda
To Ernest Dowson [MB]
18
left Jidda for Rabegh [SPO11]
To Gen. Clayton [MB]
19
met Emir Ali in Rabegh [SPO12]
20
21
left Rabegh [SPO12]
diary [AB 31]
22
met Sherif Ali [SPO12]
diary [AB 31]
23
met Emir Feisal at Hamra [SPO14]
diary [AB 31]
24
diary [AB 31]
25
diary [AB 31]
26
back to Yenbo [SPO18]
diary [AB 31]
27
Yenbo [AB 32]
28
29
Yenbo [AB 31]
30
Yenbo [AB 31]
31





November 1916





1
[SPO18]
2
3
Jidda [AB 32]
4
5

6
7
[SPO19]
8
9
10
11
12
[SPO19]
13
14
15
16
17
18
Cairo
To his family [HL, MB]
19

20
21
22
23
24
25
left Cairo for Yenbo [SPO19]
26

27
28
29
30



December 1916





1
Yenbo
2
left Yenbo to visit Feisal, diary [AB 36]
Yenbo
To Director, Arab Bureau [MB]

3
diary [AB 36]
4
left Nakhl Mubarak, diary [AB 36]
5
Yenbo
To Director, Arab Bureau [MB]
6
Yenbo
To Col. C. E. Wilson [DG]
7
8

9
10

11
visited Rabegh and Jidda before 17 Dec.
To Director, Arab Bureau [MB]
12
13
14
Rabegh
To his family [HL, MB]
15
16
17

18
19
Yenbo
To Col. C. E. Wilson [MB]
20
21
[SPO23]
22
Yenbo
To Col. C. E. Wilson [DG]
23
24

25
26
27
Yenbo
To Maj. K. Cornwallis [MB]
28
29
30
31








JANUARY 1917


1
Nakhl Mubarak
2
Nagb Dhifran [SPO24]
3
Yenbo [SPO25]
4
5
Yenbo
To Col. C. E. Wilson [MB]
6
7

8
To Col. C. E. Wilson [DG] [AB 42]
9
10
11
12
[SPO25]
13
14
left Yenbo
In Suva, etc.
15
16
Um Lejj
To his family [HL, MB]
17
Bir Waheidi
Um Lejj
To Col. S. F. Newcombe [MB]
18
to Wejh [SPO26]
Semna
19
Harrat Gelib
[SPO27]
20
Wadi Dhulm [SPO27]
21
Abu Zereibat
[SPO28]
22
23
left Abu Zereibat [SPO28]
Kurna
24
Habban [SPO28]
25
Wejh [SPO29]
26
27
to Cairo
In Hardinge
28
Cairo, etc. [SPO29/30]
29
30
31
Cairo
To his family [HL, MB]




FEBRUARY 1917





1
Suez
[SPO30]
2
3
4
In Arethusa

5
6
Wejh, etc. [SPO30]
7
8
9
10
11

12
[SPO32]
Wejh
To his family [HL, MB]
13
14
15
16
17
[SPO32]
18
19
20
In Arethusa
21
22
Cairo, etc.
23
24
25
Cairo
To his family [HL, MB]
26
27
28
To AWL [DG, HL]




MARCH 1917





1
2
In Lama
3
Wejh, etc.
4

5
6
7
8
9
Wejh
To Col. C. E. Wilson [DG]
10
Seil Arja
[SPO33]
diary [AB 51]
11
Abu Zereibat [SPO33]
diary [AB 51]
12
executed Hamed [SPO33]
Wadi Kitan
diary [AB 51]
13
Wadi Gara
[SPO34]
diary [AB 51]
14
Wadi Tleih
[SPO34]
diary [AB 51]
15
arrived Abdulla's camp [SPO34]
Abu Markha
diary [AB 51]
16
[SPO35]
17
18

19
20
21
22
Wadi Ais
To A Fellow British Officer [MB]
23
24
a report 24 Mar. - 6 Apr. [AB51]
25

26
left Abu Markha [SPO36]
Wadi Seram
27
Wadi Meseij
[SPO36]
diary [AB 50]
28
El Jurf
[SPO36]
diary [AB 50]
29
Aba el Naam
[SPO36]
diary [AB 50]
30
Wadi Turaa
[SPO36]
diary [AB 50]
31
Bir el Amri
diary [AB 50]

APRIL 1917
1
Abu Markha
[SPO37]
diary [AB 50]
2
diary [AB 50]
3
Magrah el Semn
diary [AB 50]
4
El Fershah
[SPO37]
diary [AB 50]
5
Km. 1121
[SPO37]
diary [AB 50]
6
El Fershah
diary [AB 50]
7
Bir el Amri
[SPO38]
diary [AB 50]
8
Abu Markha
[SPO38]
9
10
left Abu Markha [SPO39]
Wadi Geraia
diary [AB 51]
11
Wadi Hamdh
[SPO39]
diary [AB 51]
12
diary [AB 51]
13
diary [AB 51]
14
Wejh
[SPO40]
15

16
Wejh
To Col. C. E. Wilson [MB]
17
18
19
20
21
22

23
24
25
26
27
Magrah Raal
28
Wadi Hamdh
29

30






MAY 1917




1
Mellaha, etc.
2
3

Wejh
4
5
6
Wadi Hamdh
7
met with Mark Sykes
Wejh
8
9
left Wejh for the Akaba expedition [SPO42]
Kalaat el Zereib
10
El Kurr
[SPO42]
11
12
Wadi Arnoua
[SPO43]
13
Abu Saad
[SPO43]
14
Abu Raga
[SPO43]
15
16
'the morning of Wednesday' [SPO43]
17
El Shegg
[SPO44]
18
Wadi Aish
[SPO44]
19
Dizaad [sic]
20
began to cross El Houl
Wadi Abu Arad
[SPO45]
21
Bir Fejr
[SPO46]
22
Khabr Ajaj
[SPO46]
23
'Wednesday ... our fourteenth from Wejh' [SPO46]
El Jaala
24
rescue of Gasim
Kaseim Arfaja
[SPO47]
25
Arfaja
[SPO48]
26
Maiseri
[SPO48]
27
a feast started since evening
Isawiya
[SPO48]
28
feast [SPO49]
29
feast [SPO49]
30
Abu Tarfeiyat
[SPO50]
31



JUNE 1917





1
left Abu Tarfeiyat [SPO50]
Wadi Bair
2
Ageila
[SPO50]
3
Nebk, etc.
[SPO50]
4
[SPO51]
5
left for secret northern reconnaissance [SPO51]
6
7
8
9
10

11
12
13
14
15
16
returned from secret northern reconnaissance [SPO51]
17

18
a feast [SPO51]
Kaf
To Nessib el Bekri [DG]
19
left Nebk [SPO52]
El Wagf
20
Bair
[SPO52]
21
left Bair [SPO53]
El Ghadaf
22
Wadi Mishnag
23
'In the afternoon of Saturday' [SPO53]
Hemme
24
Minifir
[SPO53]
25
Ifdein
[SPO53]
26
Dhaba
[SPO55]
27
Wadi Maghara
28
Bair
[SPO56]
29
Rijt el Herar
[SPO56]
30
El Jefer
[SPO56]

JULY 1917
1
Km. 479
[SPO56]
2
Fuweilah
[SPO57]
3
Nagb el Shtar
[SPO58]
4
Guweira
[SPO58]
5
Wadi Itm
[SPO58]
6
captured Akaba [SPO58/59]
Akaba
a report 18 Jun. - 13 Jul. [AB 59]
7
left Akaba
[SPO59]
Bir Mohammed
8
Sudr Heidan
[SPO59]
9
Suez
[SPO60]
10
met Allenby [SPO60]
Cairo
To Gen. Clayton [DG]
11
12
Alexandria
13
Cairo, etc.
14
15
Alexandria
16
Cairo
17
In Dufferin
[SPO61]
18
19
Jeida
[SPO61]
20
In Dufferin
21
22
Jidda
[SPO61]
23
visited Mecca before 1 July
24
25
26
27
28
29

30
Jidda
To Col. C. E. Wilson [MB]
31





AUGUST 1917





1
Jidda
2
In Hardinge
3
visited Akaba [SPO61]
4
Wadi Itm, etc.
5
promoted to Major
6
In Hardinge
7
A week leave [SPO61]
Cairo
8
9
10
11
12
Cairo
To his family [HL, MB]
13
14
Alexandria
15
16
In Hardinge
17
Akaba, etc.
[SPO66]
18
19

20
Twenty-seven Articles [AB 100]
21
Kuntilla
22
Akaba, etc.
23
24
25
26

27
[SPO66]
Akaba
To his family, Gen. Clayton [MB]
28
29
30
31


SEPTEMBER 1917








1
2
Akaba
To Col. C. E. Wilson [DG, MB]
3
4
5
Akaba
To his Parents [MB]
6
7
left Akaba for a railway raid [SPO67]
Wadi Itm
8
Wadi Medeifein
9
Guweira
[SPO67]
10
Hesma
[SPO68]
11
Rum
[SPO68]
12
Akaba
[SPO69]
a report [AB 65]
13
Rum, etc.
[SPO69]
a report [AB 65]
14
15
a report [AB 65]
16
Wadi Dumna
[SPO70]
a report [AB 65]
17
Mudowwara
[SPO70]
a report [AB 65]
18
Km. 587
a report [AB 65]
19
Mudowwara
[SPO72/73]
a report [AB 65]
20
Rum
[SPO73]
a report [AB 65]
21
Itm el Imran
[SPO73]
22
returned to Akaba [SPO73]
Akaba
23

24
Akaba
To E. T. Leeds [DG, HL, MB], To his family [MB]
25
Akaba
To Maj. Wadi F. Stirling [MB]
26
Wadi Itm
27
left Akaba for a railway raid
Hawara
a report [AB 66]
28
Rum, etc.
[SPO74]
29
a report [AB 66]
30








OCTOBER 1917


1
Wadi Hafira
2
Batra
[SPO74]
3
Shedia
a report [AB 66]
4
Km. 489
[SPO74]
5
El Kasr
[SPO74]
6
Imshash Hesma
[SPO74]
a report [AB 66]
7
Rum
a report [AB 66]
8
returned to Akaba
Wadi Itm
a report [AB 66]
9
Akaba
10
11
GHQ [SPO75]
Suez
12
Kelab
[SPO75]
13
Ismailia
14
Suez
15
Akaba, etc.
16
17
18
19
Akaba
To his home [HL]
20
21

22
23
24
left Akaba [SPO78]
Wadi Itm
Akaba
To Gen. Clayton [MB]

a report 24 Oct. - 11 Nov. [AB 73]
25
Rum
26
Wadi Hafira
[SPO78]
27
Shedia
[SPO79]
28
El Jefer, etc.
[SPO79]
29
30
Shegg
31
Bair
[SPO80]




NOVEMBER 1917





1
Wadi Dhirwa
[SPO81]
2
Amri
3
Ain el Beidha
[SPO81]
4
Hamad
5
Kseir el Hallabat
[SPO82]
6
Ghadir el Abyadh
[SPO82]
7
unsuccessful raid on a bridge [SPO83]
Tell el Shehab
8
Abu Sawana
[SPO83/84]
9
Minifir
Km. 172 [SPO84]
10
unsuccessful raid again [SPO84/85]
11
demolished two locomotives [SPO85]
Abu Sawana
a report 24 Oct. - 11 Nov. [AB 73]
12
returned to Azrak [SPO85]
Azrak, etc.
[SPO86]
13
Azrak
To Col. P. C. Joyce [DG, MB]
14
Azrak
To his family [HL, MB]
15
16
17
18

19
20
Deraa incident [SPO87]
21
escaped from Deraa [SPO87]
22
Wadi Butm
[SPO88]
23
24
Bair
[SPO88]
25
Jefer
[SPO88]
26
went through Rum [SPO88]
Akaba
27
28
29
30
Wadi Itm


DECEMBER 1917








1
Wadi Hawara
2
Wadi Itm
3
Akaba
[SPO88]
4
a report of a meeting with Feisal [AB 74]
5
[SPO88]
6
7
8
Kantara
9
Gaza
10
Suafa
11
official entry into Jerusalem [SPO88]
GHQ, etc.
12
Gaza
13
Cairo
14
Cairo
To his Parents [HL, MB]
15
Cairo
To E. T. Leeds [MB]
16

17
18
19
20
21
Suez, etc.
22
23

24
25
Christmas dinner at Humber [SPO89]
Akaba
26
Guweira
[SPO90]
27
went for a drive [SPO90]
Abu Sawana
28
Akaba
29
Guweira
[SPO90]
30
Ramleh
[SPO90]
31
Tell el Shahm






JANUARY 1918




1
Abu Tarfeiyat
[SPO90]
2
Akaba, etc.
[SPO91]
3
4
5
6

7
8
Akaba
To his family [HL, MB]
9
10
to Aba el Lissan
Wadi Itm
11
Guweira
[SPO92]
12
13

14
15
Nagb Shtar
16
Aba el Lissan
17
18
Wadi Musa
19
Shobek
[SPO93]
20
Tafileh, etc.
[SPO93]
21
22
Tafileh
To Gen. Clayton [MB]
23
24
[SPO94]
25
Battle of Tafileh [SPO94/95]
26
[SPO95]
a report for the battle of Tafileh [AB 78, 79] , [DG]
27
[SPO95]
28
Mezraa, etc.
[SPO96]
29
30
31



FEBRUARY 1918





1

2

3

4
left Tafileh [SPO96]
Odroh
5
Guweira
[SPO97]
6
Guweira
To his family [HL, MB]
7
8
Khabr el Abid
9
Basta
[SPO97]
10
Shobek
[SPO98]
11
Tafileh, etc.
[SPO98]
12
[SPO99]
Tafileh
To Gen. Clayton [MB]
13
Buseira
[SPO99]
14
Ghor el Safieh
15
16
Wadi Dhahal
[SPO99]
El Ghor el Safiye
To Military Governor, Beersheba District [MB]
17
Seil Hesa
18
returned to Tafileh [SPO99]
Hesban, etc.
Tafileh
To Military Governor, Beersheba District [MB]
19
to Beersheba [SPO99]
Tafileh
20
Wadi Araba
21
Beersheba
[SPO99]
22
Ramleh, etc.
23
24
met Allenby at GHQ
[SPO100]
25
26
a meeting at GHQ
[SPO100]
27
on this day or 26, first meeting with Lowell Thomas
Jerusalem
28
Rafa



MARCH 1918





1
Cairo
[SPO100]
2

3

4
Akaba
[SPO100]
5
6
In Borulos
7
8
Cairo
[SPO101]
Cairo
To his family [MB]
9
10

11
12
promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Suez
13
In Borulos
14
15
Akaba
[SPO101]
16
Guweira
17
Akaba
18
Nagb Shtar
19
Shobek
[SPO101]
20
Sadaka
[SPO101]
21
Akaba, etc.
22
23
24

25
26
27
28
interviewed by Lowell Thomas
Akaba
To his family [HL, MB]
29
went with Lowell Thomas until 1 April
30
Guweira
31
Wadi Rum








APRIL 1918


1
Khabr el Abid
2
Aba el Lissan
[SPO101/102]
3
Aneyza
[SPO102]
4
Wadi el Jinz
[SPO102]
5
Wadi Hafira
6
El Atara, etc.
[SPO102]
7

8
9
10
11
Farraj died [SPO103]
Jurf el Derawish
12
Odroh
[SPO104]
13
Guweira
14
Waheida
[SPO104]
15
16
17
18
Retm
[SPO105]
19
Shahm
[SPO105]
20
Ramleh
[SPO105]
21
Disi
22
Aba el Lissan
23
Waheida
24
25
Aba el Lissan
[SPO105]
26
27
In Arethusa
28

29
Cairo
[SPO105]
30





MAY 1918





1
Sinai
2
GHQ
[SPO106]
3
Jerusalem
4
Aba el Lissan
5
GHQ
[SPO106]
6
Sinai
7
Cairo
8
9
10
11
12
Cairo
To his family [HL, MB]
13
14
Sinai
15
GHQ
16
Wadi Hafira
17
Cairo
18
19
In Imogen
20
21
Akaba
[SPO106]
22
Aba el Lissan
[SPO106]
23
Akaba
[SPO107/108]
24
Disi
25
Mudowwara
26
Akaba
27
Aba el Lissan
28
Fagair
29
Towani
30
Hesa, etc.
31


JUNE 1918








1
Sultani
[SPO108]
2
Um el Rusas
[SPO109]
3
4
5
Themed
[SPO109]
6
Wadi Mojeb
[SPO109]
7
Jurf
[SPO109]
8
Aba el Lissan
[SPO110]
9

10
In Arethusa
11
12
Suez
13
Cairo
[SPO110]
14
15
Alexandria
16

17
Cairo
18
Sinai
[SPO110]
19
GHQ
20
Cairo
21
In Mansurah
22
23

24
25
wrote a letter in Arabic to Hussein
Jidda
[SPO110]
26
27
28
29
30








JULY 1918


1
In Mansurah
2
3
Wejh
4
In Mansurah
5
6
Cairo
[SPO110]
7

8
Alexandria
9
Cairo
10
11
Palestine
[SPO111]
12
13
from this day ? twelve days leave [SPO111]
Cairo
14

15
Cairo
To V. E. Richards [DG, MB],
To his family [HL, MB]
16
17
18
19
Cairo
To his home [HL]
20
21

22
23
24
25
26
In Borulos
27
28
Akaba
[SPO112]
29
Aba el Lissan
[SPO112]
30
31
Akaba
[SPO113]




AUGUST 1918





1
Akaba
[SPO113]
2
Wadi Itm
[SPO113]
3
Wadi Nejd
4
Rum
[SPO113]
5
Akaba
[SPO113]
6
Aba el Heiran
7
Akaba
[SPO115]
8
Buxton's raid to Mudowwara [SPO115]
Aba el Lissan
9
10
11
Jefer
[SPO116]
12
Um Kharug
[SPO116]
13
Amri, etc.
[SPO116]
14
15
Bair
[SPO117]
16
[SPO118]
17
El Hadi
[SPO119]
18
Wadi Ghadaf
[SPO119]
19
El Umdeisisat
[SPO120]
20
Muaggar
[SPO120]
21
Kussair el Amruh
[SPO120]
22
Azrak
[SPO120]
23
Ammari
[SPO120]
24
Um Kharug
[SPO120]
25
Thlaithukhwat
[SPO120]
26
Aba el Lissan
[SPO120]
27
Aba el Lissan
To Maj. R. H. Scott [DG]
28
29
Feisal sent a telegram to Hussein [SPO121]
30
31

SEPTEMBER 1918
1
Aba el Lissan
2
telegram from Hussein [SPO121]
3
4
last telegram from Hussein [SPO121]
5
Bair
[SPO122]
6
Azrak, etc.
[SPO122]
7
8

9
[SPO123]
10
[SPO123]
11
[SPO123]
12
[SPO123]
13
Gian Khunna
[SPO123]
a report 13 Sep. - 2 Oct. [AB 106]
14
Umtaiye, etc.
[SPO124]
15
Umtaiye
16
Mezerib
[SPO124]
17
Nasib
[SPO125]
18
Umtaiye
[SPO129]
19
Ifdein
[SPO130]
20
Azrak
[SPO130]
21
Ramleh
[SPO130]
22
Um el Surab
[SPO131]
23
[SPO131]
24
Umtaiye
[SPO132]
Um el Surab
To General Staff, GHQ [MB]
25
Nueime
26
Sheikh Miskin
[SPO133]
27
massacre of Tafas [SPO133/134]
Sheikh Saad
28
Deraa
[SPO134/135]
29
[SPO135]
30
Kiswe
[SPO135]






OCTOBER 1918




1
Damascus
[SPO136/137]
Damascus
To General Staff, GHQ [MB]
2
[SPO138]
[AB 106] a report 13 Sep. - 2 Oct.
3
Allenby met Feisal, TE resigned [SPO139]
4
left Damascus
Kuneitra
5
Sebaste
6
Ramleh
7
Sinai
8
Cairo
9
10
11
12
13

14
Cairo
To Maj. R. H. Scott [DG]
15
left Egypt for England via Rome
16
17
18
19
20

21
22
23
24
around this day, arrived Enlgand and went to Oxford home
25
26
27

28
29
addressed the Eastern Committee of the War Cabinet in London
30
met King George V; the surrender of the Ottoman Empire
31





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