Warren Hamilton (W. H.) Lewis (June 16, 1895 – April 9, 1973) was an Irish British Army officer and historian, best known as the brother of the author and professor C. S. Lewis. Warren Lewis was a supply officer with the Royal Army Service Corps of the British Army during and after World War I. After retiring during 1932 to live with his brother in Oxford, he was one of the initial members of the "Inklings", an informal Oxford literary society. H...
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Warren Hamilton (W. H.) Lewis (June 16, 1895 – April 9, 1973) was an Irish British Army officer and historian, best known as the brother of the author and professor C. S. Lewis. Warren Lewis was a supply officer with the Royal Army Service Corps of the British Army during and after World War I. After retiring during 1932 to live with his brother in Oxford, he was one of the initial members of the "Inklings", an informal Oxford literary society. He wrote on French history, and served as his brother's secretary for the later years of C. S. Lewis's life.
C. S. Lewis referred to his older brother, Warren (“Warnie”), as “my dearest and closest friend.” The lifelong friendship formed as the boys played together in their home, Little Lea, on the outskirts of Belfast, writing and illustrating stories for their created world called "Boxen" (a combination of India and a previous incarnation called "Animal-Land"). During 1908 their mother died from cancer and as their father mourned her, C. S. (...
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