ABSTRACT
Honorary Secretary, Lieut Colonel A. C. Yate, that it be awarded to the person who each year has given the greatest service to the British Empire in the countries covered by the Society. But, as was so often the case with novel conceptions, it was decided to postpone the issue for the present. It was not raised again until immediately after the death of T. E. Lawrence on 19 May 1935. The suggestion of a medal in his memory was made not so much by, but to the President, Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, Lawrence’s war-time commander. He responded with enthusiasm and Lawrence’s brother, the archaeologist Professor Arnold Lawrence, gave his support.
