T. E. Lawrence — Steel Chariots of the Desert

“It pleased me greatly to learn that T. E. had chosen my Rolls tender for his future plans…” S.C. Rolls

A Rolls Royce Silver Ghost armoured car. Image: Auto Week & Pinterest

The above quoted S. C. Rolls was not the C. S. Rolls (Charles Rolls), who, born in 1877, was the co-founder of the Rolls Royce Motor Company in 1906. He died in 1910 after crashing an aircraft he was test flying.