Papers of Maj Gen Sir Richard George Aylward Lewis, KCMG, CB, CBE (1895-1965)

Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Copyright: The texts of the detailed catalogues are the copyright of King's College London and are made available for private research only.

Papers of Maj Gen Sir Richard George Aylward Lewis, KCMG, CB, CBE (1895-1965)

LEWIS: 1. Papers relating to Lewis's career before the outbreak of World War Two

LEWIS: 1/1 [1917]

Map booklet, The Western Front at a Glance (George Philip and Son, London, [1917]), coloured maps of the fighting sectors of the Western Front, 1916-1917, 48pp, with index, 24pp.With itinerary of a visit to Western Front battlefields made in Mar 1936. 72pp

LEWIS: 1/2/1-20 [1930]

Twenty photographic negatives of sites of importance during the American Civil War

LEWIS: 1/3 1927 Jan 13

Letter from H.G. Franklin, Staff College Camberley, Surrey thanking Lewis for donation of album and slides relating to Cairo, Egypt 1p.

LEWIS: 1/4/1-3 1925-1939

File of papers concerning the Advanced Mechanical Course, Military College of Science, Woolwich: letter from Assistant Commandant, Military College of Science, Woolwich, to Lewis, requesting comments on Advanced Mechanical Course, Military College of Science, Woolwich, 8 Aug 1933; syllabuses, Advanced Mechanical Course, Military College of Science, Woolwich 1925-1929; comments by Lewis and others on the 7th Advanced Mechanical Course, Military College of Science, Woolwich (1932 Sep - 1933 Sep), 11 Sep 1933.

LEWIS: 1/5 1938-1939

Five typescript 'General Staff (Research)' reports for the Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. 1 file.

LEWIS: 1/5/1 1938 Apr

'General Staff (Research)' report number 1, for the Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff: makes recommendations for improving the organisation and administrative efficiency of the War Office. (Signed by Lewis).

LEWIS: 1/5/2 1938 May

'General Staff (Research)' report number 2, for the Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff: 'The employment of historians by the War Office in a consultative capacity'.

LEWIS: 1/5/3 1938 May

'General Staff (Research)' report number 3, for the Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff: 'Reorganisation of the General Staff'. 3 enclosures: note on reorganisation, diagrams and index.

LEWIS: 1/5/4 1938 June

'General Staff (Research)' report number 4, for the Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff: 'Services required from the Royal Air Force for the Army in the field and their provision.'

LEWIS: 1/5/5 1939 Mar

'General Staff (Research)' report number 7, for the Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff: 'Considerations from the wars in Spain and China with regard to certain aspects of Army policy.'

LEWIS: 2. Papers relating to service with General Staff, 1941

LEWIS: 2/1 1941

'Rex and Regina', a typescript short story written at Cairo, Egypt, probably by Lewis, and based on a report about the unloading of ships in Suez Roads, Egypt. The story illustrates the administrative chaos resulting from the removal of direct responsibility. 17pp

LEWIS: 2/2 1941 Oct 24

Typescript report sent to Intendant-General's Department, Middle East Forces, on death of Lt Gen Vyvyan Vavasour Pope, in an air crash near Cairo, Egypt, 5 Oct 1941. Typescript and two carbon copies, with photographic negatives of crash site and site of burial. 5pp, 13 photographic negatives

LEWIS: 3. Papers relating to Lewis's service with Allied Force Headquarters, London, 1942 - 1944

LEWIS: 3/1/1-3 1942

Africa Road Map, covering Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, scale 1:2,000,000 and 1:500,000, (War Office GSGS 4256, 1942, photolithograph from Michelin original, 1939). 3 copies

LEWIS: 3/2 [1942-1944]

Typescript list entitled 'Organisation and assignment of officers - Headquarters - Norfolk Group', stating Brig. R.G.Lewis assigned to G4 (Allied Force Headquarters branch). 3pp

LEWIS: 3/3/1-2 1942 Oct

Papers relating to 'First Army Maintenance Project No. 7', Oct 1942, concerning Operation TORCH, the Anglo-American landings in French Morocco and Algeria, Nov, 1942, including administrative orders, detailing plan of operation; administrative intelligence summaries detailing general information about Algeria and maps of the area around Algiers, Algeria and Philippeville, Algeria, (scale 1:200,000) annotated to show operational positions.

LEWIS: 3/4 1944 Jul-1944 Dec

Papers relating to the administrative reorganisation of the Allied Forces in Italy after the move of Allied Force Headquarters to Italy. G4 (B) (Allied Force Headquarters branch). Includes a summary of proposals by Gen Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Armies in Italy (15th Army Group) in a letter dated 21 Jul 1944 and recommendations made by Allied Force Headquarters, 7 Aug 1944 . 1 file

LEWIS: 3/5 1944 Apr -1944 Jun

'Staff tables, British formations'. G4 (B) (Allied Force Headquarters branch). Planning memoranda showing organisation of divisions, May 1944; vehicle entitlements for infantry and armoured divisions, tank brigades and basic corps troops , Jun 1944 and staff tables, by formation, of requirements for vehicles and stores, Apr, May 1944. 1 file

LEWIS: 3/6 1941, 1943-1944

File of papers entitled 'Disposal - Last War No. 90/5', containing two letters from Maj Gen Sir Evan Gibb to Lt Gen Sir Humfrey Gale, Feb 1944 on the need for a disposals organisation to exist before the end of hostilities and enclosures including report of London Chamber of Commerce, 'Disposal of surplus stores after the war', submitted to the Government in Dec 1941 and official report, 'Progress in collection and disposal of government stores and salved material in France and Belgium from November 1918 to June 1919'. 1 file

LEWIS: 3/7 1943 Jan -1943 Feb

Three newspaper cuttings concerning the civil administration and conditions amongst the populace of Casablanca, Morocco and Algiers, Algeria, circulated within Allied Force Headquarters by G4 (B) (Allied Force Headquarters branch). 1 file

LEWIS: 3/8 1945, Jan 7

Letter to Lewis from Davis Shewbridge [?], US Army, thanking him for photostat of Villa Germain, Algiers, Algeria. (Used as a billet by British and American officers). 1p

LEWIS: 3/9 1942 Dec

Eight photographic negatives of the Villa Jacques Germain, Algiers, Algeria. (Used as a billet by British and American officers).

LEWIS: 3/10 1945 Mar 9

General Routine Orders, containing administrative regulations governing discipline, transfers of personnel and so on, by FM Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre. Includes list of honours and awards. 36pp

LEWIS: 4. Papers relating to Lewis's career with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 1945 - 1948

LEWIS: 4/1 1946

Booklet, 'Directory of the fifth session of the Council', (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Geneva, Switzerland 1946) 36pp

LEWIS: 4/2 1946

Leaflet, UNRRA in Finland and Hungary, (European Regional Office, London, 1946). 4pp

LEWIS: 4/3 1947

Booklet, A Guide to the Economic and Social Council, (Department of Public Information, New York, USA 1947). 8pp

LEWIS: 4/4 1947-1948

Papers relating to the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1947-1948, including a confidential note by Lewis in which he discusses a theoretical administrative problem which is of relevance to the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; 30 Jul 1947, memorandum on currencies handled by European Regional Office, 23 Oct 1947;extract from letter dated 23 Dec 1947 from Director General United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to Lewis in his capacity as Personal Representative of Director General, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration thanking Lewis for making the London Accounting Conference a success, and admitting an error of judgement in thinking that Lewis should not have attended. 1 file

LEWIS: 4/5 1947 Oct

File entitled 'British Armed Forces currency losses', Oct 1947, including manuscript note from Lewis, and typescript memorandum in reply from Financial Advisor concerning loss to British Treasury of Ł58 million arising from currency irregularities amongst British occupying forces in Europe between 1945 and 1947. 1 file

LEWIS: 4/6 1947

Papers relating to the contribution of the Department of Finance and Administration to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's work in the European Region, 1947. 1 file

LEWIS: 4/7 1947

File of papers containing general notes on organisation, policy and staffing of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for guidance of Personal Representative of Director-General (Lewis). 1 file

LEWIS: 4/8 1945-1948

File of confidential notes (personal details, records of service with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, comments by superiors) on forty-one United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration personnel who served at all levels of the organisation. 1file

LEWIS: 4/9 1946 Jan 3

Loose-leaf binder entitled 'UNRRA basic field manual': reference manual for official policy and procedure for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration personnel. 1 binder

LEWIS: 4/10 1946 May 8

Loose-leaf binder entitled 'Desk Book of Statistics', providing United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration executive personnel with statistical summaries of the organisation's activities. Prepared by Bureau of Accounts and Finance, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. 1 binder

LEWIS: 4/11 1949 Mar

'Ninth and Final Financial Report of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for the entire period of operation, 9 November 1943 to 31 March 1949', Washington DC, USA. 97pp

LEWIS: 4/12 1948 Apr

'Report of the Director General to the Council for the period 1 July 1947 to 31 December 1947 and summary of operations 9 November 1943 to 31 December 1947', United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Washington DC, USA. 370pp

LEWIS: 4/13 1947 Jun 30

'12th report to Congress on the operations of UNRRA', United States Government Printing Office, Washington DC, USA. 56pp

LEWIS: 5.Miscellaneous

LEWIS: 5/1 [1944]

Typescript report entitled 'Composition du Comité' giving the composition and articles of the Comité français de la liberation nationale. 2 copies. 4pp

LEWIS: 5/2 [1944]

Typescript eleven-line quotation entitled 'Sir Walter Raleigh's Prayer'. 1p

Last modified: Monday, 08-Aug-2005 13:19:54 BST