Personal Life
He was married to the former Hylda Tafler for 53 years, until her death in June 2005; they had two sons, John by a previous relationship of Hylda and Stephen who was fathered by Lewis. Lewis first saw his future wife in a lift, but the doors closed before he could step in. He saw her later and arranged to meet her at the booking office on Waterloo station (London) at 11:00. But there were two booking offices at Waterloo and each waited at a different one, so they did not meet. Furious, Lewis telephoned Hylda later, but they sorted out the mistake and began their relationship. During their marriage, Gilbert fell on hard times financially and, fearing he could no longer support her as he thought she deserved, he left her. She remarried, but that relationship failed, and she and Gilbert were later reunited.
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