S. F. Newcombe

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1878 – 1956

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Who was S. F. Newcombe?

Lt Col Stewart Francis Newcombe was a British army officer and associate of T. E. Lawrence.

He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1898 and fought in the Second Boer War. He served with the Egyptian army from May 1901 until 1911. In 1913 and 1914 he was engaged in strategic survey work in the Sinai Peninsula, where he worked with and became a friend of Lawrence.

At the end of 1916, he was appointed Chief of the British Military Mission in the Hejaz where he again worked with Lawrence and played a key role in the Arab Revolt. In November 1917 Newcombe was captured by the Turks but escaped and went into hiding in Istanbul.

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Born
1878
Also known as
  • S.F. Newcombe
  • Stewart Francis Newcombe
Education
  • Royal Military Academy
Died
1956

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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