Lawrence of Oxford

Remarkably for such a renowned non-joiner, while at Jesus College TEL had also become a member of the newly formed Old Boys' Rifle Club of his former school in 1908. The Central Range in the St Thomas district of Oxford was used for private practice on Monday and Friday evenings, and the facility was housed in a long narrow tin-clad hut which has long since disappeared in the redevelopment of this part of the city. The skills he learnt here would stand him in good stead in future adventures, although the incident when he managed to shoot his own camel in the head in the excitement of a downhill charge might not have impressed his Oxford instructors.