Individual Details
David LLOYD
(Jun 1891 - 20 Aug 1917)
Events
| Birth | Jun 1891 | Esgairgarn, Llanddewi Brefi, Cardiganshire | |||
| Baptism | 21 Feb 1893 | Llanddewi Brefi Parish Church, Cardiganshire | |||
| Education | 2 Sep 1895 | enrolling - Llanddewi Brefi Council School, Llanddewi Brefi, Cardiganshire | |||
| Residence | 1901 | with his parents - Esgairgarn, Llanddewi Brefi, Cardiganshire | |||
| Residence | 1916 | 27, Churton Street, Pimlico, London | |||
| Occupation | 1916 | dairyman - 27, Churton Street, Pimlico, London | |||
| Military | 1 Mar 1916 | he enlisted as a private with the 15th Cheshire Regiment - Holborn, London |  | ||
| Death | 20 Aug 1917 | on military service, he was killed in action - Ypres, Flanders, Belgium | | ||
| Burial | | ||||
| Religion | Calvinistic Methodist |
Families
| Father | Lewis LLOYD (1865 - 1939) |
| Mother | Sarah Jane EVANS (1864 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Mary LLOYD (1888 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Daniel "Dan" LLOYD (1890 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Lewis LLOYD (1893 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Thomas "Tom" LLOYD (1893 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Roderick LLOYD (1895 - 1895) |
| Sibling | John "Jack" LLOYD (1896 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" LLOYD (1897 - ) |
| Sibling | William "Willie" LLOYD (1898 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Moses LLOYD (1899 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane LLOYD (1900 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Rev Roderick Evans LLOYD B.A. (1902 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Margaret Ellen "Elinor" LLOYD (1904 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Rachel Lilian "Lily" LLOYD (1905 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Anne LLOYD ( - ) |
Notes
Military
He was a private with the Royal Welch Fusiliers, 2nd London Welsh Battalion (No: 35440) then with the 13th Cheshire Regiment (No: 52058). He served with the Expeditionary Force in France and he received a gunshot wound to the right leg on the 21st of October 1916. He also suffered from trench foot. On the 25th of October 1916 he was taken for treatment in England aboard the St David Hospital Ship in Boulogne. He rejoined his regiment on the 1st of January 1917.Death
Probably at the Battle of Passendale. His body was never identified.Burial
In Memory of Private DAVID LLOYD 52058, 15th Bn., Cheshire Regiment who died age 26 on 20 August 1917 Son of Lewis and Sarah Jane Lloyd, of Esgergarn, Llanddewi-Brefi, Cardiganshire. Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. (Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A).He is remembered on the family grave stone at Llanddewi Brefi village cemetery. Although he was killed in Belgium it states on the grave stone that he was buried at Guillemont Farm, north west of St Quentin. Guillemont village is situated about six and a half miles east of Albert in the valley of the Somme. There is no record of his burial at Guillemont.
The British War Medal and the Victory Medal was sent to his parents at Esgairgarn.