Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Wool-Lewis, Cyril Eric, 1906-1975
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Dates of existence
1906-1975
History
Wool-Lewis, Cyril Eric, son of Ernest Wool-Lewis MRCS, of West Wittering, Sussex, and Alice Ruth, d. of Meredith Townsend; b. 17 June 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1925; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1925, BA 1928, rowed against Oxford 1929, MA 1933; 2nd Lieut. East Surrey Regt Aug. 1929, Lieut. Sept. 1930, Capt. Aug. 1938; Roy. West African Frontier Force 1932-5; Asst Commissioner of Police Sierra Leone 1935-7, Asst District Commissioner 1937; Adj. Sierra Leone Regt 1939-41; civil employment 1941-5; District Commissioner Sierra Leone 1945, Commissioner Turks and Caicos Is 1946; OBE 1951; Colonial Office 1952-3; Perm. Sec to Min. of Northern Nigeria 1953, to Nigerian Federal Ministry 1956-61; CRO 1961-5; tutorial establishments 1965-73; m. 30 Apr. 1938 Harriet Frances Wright Young; d. 22 Mar. 1975.
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GB 2014
Rules and/or conventions used
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Sources
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992