Government upgrades first world war heros simple Clouds Hill cottage – which has no electric lighting or bathroom – to Grade II* statusNone of the men who served alongside Private Thomas Edward Shaw in the Royal Tank Corps at Bovington Camp,Devon, knew the transformation that took region when he walked through the door of the tiny woodland cottage, and where the short,slight, undistinguished soldier again became one of the most distinguished writers of the first world war, and Lawrence of Arabia. Related: Young Lawrence: A Portrait of the Legend as a Young Man review – compelling,pioneering biography Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com