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794:(1938). In 1939 he came back to England to join the RAF as a flying instructor. Doushka stayed in Peking for almost three years. Lewis met her on her return to England but there was no reconciliation. They were divorced in 1940. Doushka married Cedric Williams and they had a daughter but later divorced.
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Evdekia Dmitrievna Horvath, known as Doushka (1902–2005), the eighteen-year-old daughter of Dmitri Horvath, an Imperial Russian general, and brought her home to England the next year. On arrival in London, Doushka spoke little English, and the couple began by speaking
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bomber. In Peking in 1921 Lewis married
Evdekia Dmitrievna Horvath, known as Doushka (1902–2005), the daughter of a Russian general. He returned to England when the air service project was abandoned by Vickers after a couple of years. With his first wife, he had one son and one daughter.
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Boiselle the earth heaved and flashed, a tremendous and magnificent column rose up into the sky. There was an ear-spitting roar, drowning all the guns flinging the machine sideways in the repercussing air. The earthly column rose, higher and higher to almost four thousand
1096:"For conspicuous skill and gallantry. He has done fine work in photography, with artillery and on contact patrols. On one occasion he came down very low and attacked a column of horsed limbers, causing casualties and scattering the limbers."
801:, London, Lewis married Olga H. Burnett but they had no children and were divorced in 1950. In 1960, he married Frances Lowe, known as Fanny. In 1970, they bought a 26-foot boat and together sailed it to Corfu, a story told in
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Chelsea while Lewis was working for the BBC. Through Shaw, who became Lewis's mentor, the Lewises met
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We were to watch the opening of the attack, coordinate the infantry flare (the job we have been rehearsing for months) and stay over the lines for two and a half hours.
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
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Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
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893:Never Look Back; an Attempt at Autobiography
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663:. The selection had been curated by
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910:Five Conversations about Gurdjieff
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1604:. New York. 2 February 1997
1159:. London, UK: Grub Street.
1114:. London, UK: Grub Street.
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574:How He Lied to Her Husband
291:Evdekia Dmitrievna Horvath
58:Cecil Arthur Lewis c. 1916
723:- The Driving Instructor.
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824:Broadcasting From Within
807:So Long Ago, So Far Away
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623:, rising to the rank of
1574:"Obituary: Cecil Lewis"
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1407:"The Week-end Review".
1245:. London. 4 August 2005
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406:. In 1916, he flew the
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1051:Obituary: Cecil Lewis
1020:Who Was Who 1996–2000
916:Sagittarius Surviving
747:Sagittarius Surviving
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1794:Donald Ogden Stewart
955:"Cecil Arthur Lewis"
899:A Way To Be " (1977)
887:Turn Right For Corfu
803:Turn Right for Corfu
702:- The Light of Life.
639:. In 1947 he flew a
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875:Yesterday's Evening
857:The Trumpet Is Mine
830:The Unknown Warrior
788:The Trumpet is Mine
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569:George Bernard Shaw
507:Vickers Commercials
420:Battle of the Somme
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248:Battle of the Somme
18:Pathfinders (novel)
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1376:The London Gazette
1185:The London Gazette
1092:The London Gazette
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844:Sagittarius Rising
784:Sagittarius Rising
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922:All My Yesterdays
881:Farewell to Wings
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