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William David Lloyd

Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1895
Lieu de naissance:
City of Westminster, Middlesex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Hall boy

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Gunner
Numéro de service:
69289
Unités:
 —  Royal Field Artillery, 37th Bty. 27th Bde.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
02/10/1917
Lieu de décès:
Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
22

Cimetière

La Clytte Military Cemetery
Parcelle: III
Rangée: C
Tombe: 21

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille — 13/03/1920
Victory Medal
Médaille — 13/03/1920

Points d'intérêt 2

#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu du décès (approximatif)

Mon histoire

Gunner William David Lloyd served in the 37th Battery of the 27th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, part of the 5th Division’s Divisional artillery.

On the 2nd of October 1917 the 27th Brigade Royal Field artillery had to relieve the Divisional artillery of the 5th Australian Division, between Zouave Wood and Maple copse. They were to support the 5th Division, who were to attack Polderhoek Chateau on the 9th of October 1917.

The 37th Battery took up positions in a field just west of Sanctuary Wood, roughly a 1000 yards east of the village of Zillebeke. During the night German airplanes carried out several bombing runs on the Brigade’s wagon lines and its back area. During the whole month of October the German artillery regularly shelled the back and forward area of the 27th Brigade Royal Field artillery.

Gunner William David Lloyd was killed in action on the 2nd of October 1917. He might have been killed, due to German shelling or bombing, near Sanctuary Wood or while going up to the 37th Battery’s position at Sanctuary Wood. He was buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery at Loker.

Fichiers 1

Sources 1

27 Brigade Royal Field Artillery , (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1531/1).
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303
Autre référence

Complément d’informations 4

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/438552
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum)
https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=01486db6-cde5-4c1c-a090-d6bcdc2230ed
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5190157
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5386276