I shall run Roger Lewis past my decaying memory bank and see if bells sound and whistles blow. First impression: possible.
That's a definite maybe!
Thanks to all: my Rae was definitely the man who made high rank ........ once I had made the connection I realised he was indeed staish when I visited FY on official business c. 1982 [I was 1 Group but the Met Office bundled its RAF customers up geographically rather than functionally]