T. E. Lawrence discovery in "The Times", Lawrence followed Malory scholar Eugene Vinaver from Manchester to Winchester by motorcycle. At the age of 46, two months after leaving military service, Lawrence was fatally injured in an accident on his Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle in Dorset, close to his cottage, Clouds Hill, near Wareham. 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. He died six days later on 19 May 1935. The location is marked by a small memorial at the side of the road.
Culture of Dorset was born in Shirley, Derbyshire, his father was from Dorset and the family moved to Dorchester, Dorset in 1880. The family then moved just across the Somerset border to Montacute in 1885, but Powys maintained a connection with Dorset because he attended Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset. Several of his novels, including "Ducdame" (1925), "Wolf Solent" (1929), "Weymouth Sands" (1934) and "Maiden Castle" (1936) are set in Dorset, while Powys's first novel "Wood and Stone" is dedicated to Thomas Hardy. "Maiden Castle", which is set in Dorchester, was begun in 1934 after Powys's return from America. He initially lived in Dorset,