| Le Roy-Lewis | Herman | | Lieutenant Colonel | LE ROY-LEWIS, HERMAN Lieutenant Colonel, was born 27 June 1860, second son of General Robert Le Roy and Amelia, cousin of J Delaware Lewis, MP. He was educated at Eton, and at Trinity College, Cambridge (MA), and became a Member of the Inner Temple; was an FRGS and FSS, and was DL and JP for Hampshire, and assumed the additional name of Lewis in 1884. He became Major, Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Carabiniers) 3 July 1895, and Lieutenant Colonel 20 April 1901, and served in the South African War, 1899-1901, as Commandant of a Battalion of Yeomanry (3 October to 31 December 1900), and afterwards as Commandant, Imperial Yeomanry, Cape Town (graded as an AAG). Operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900. Operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900. Operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, August 1900. Operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July and September to November 1900. Operations in Orange River Colony, including actions at Lindley (1 June) and Rhenoster River. Operations in the Transvaal 30 November to December 1900. Operations in Orange River Colony, December 1900 to January 1901. Operations in Cape Colony, January to February 1901. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901], received the Queen's Medal with four clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Herman Le Roy-Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel, Imperial Yeomanry. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 17 December 1901. He was a DAAG, Headquarters of Army, from 1901; a Member of the Auxiliary Force Advisory Board from 1902; Brigade Commander, 1st South-West Mounted Brigade, from 1908 to 1912. He became Colonel. He was Military Attache in Paris, 1915 to 1919. He received the Territorial Decoration in 1909; was created a CB in 1912, and a CMG in 1918; was a Commander of the Legion of Honour and was awarded the Croix de Guerre avec Palme; the Belgian Croix de Guerre; the Order of Danilo, 2nd Class (in 1917), and the Crown of Roumania. He wrote articles for the 'National Review', the 'United Service Magazine', 'The National Defence Magazine', 'Baily's', 'The Army Review', etc. Colonel Lewis married, in 1888, Kathleen Teresa Turner, eldest daughter of A H Turner Newcomen, of Kirkleatham Hall, Yorkshire, and they had one son, Henry, born 28 February 1895, and four daughters.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Imperial Yeomanry |
