Lloyd, Charles William –

Son of Charles William and Mary Alice Lloyd, of 32, Willow Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, and formerly of 146, Derby Street, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Clarendon Street Council School. Formerly Private 26693, 13th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment. Wounded and blinded 07/08/1918 by the explosion of a German munition dump, which the enemy had mined during their retreat, and which he was endeavouring to capture, and died in hospital in France three days later.

Personal details

  • Surname: Lloyd
  • Forename: Charles William
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Rochdale, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Oswestry, Shropshire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 19
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: August 20th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 7th (Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry) (Service) Battalion.
  • Service number: 36172
  • Regiment: Border Regiment
  • Enlistment date: August 9th, 1917 - 1917-08-09
  • Enlistment location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France
  • CWGC reference: VII. C. 12B.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 30/08/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d/g*

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