C.S. Lewis Honored Moore Pact

During World War I, British writer C. S. Lewis served in the British Army and formed a close friendship with a fellow soldier named Edward "Paddy" Moore. The two men made a pact that if either of them died in combat, the survivor would take care of both families. Moore was killed in action in 1918 during the war in France. Lewis honored the promise by living with and caring for Moore’s mother, Jane Moore, for decades until the 1940s.

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