76928 Private Frank P Lloyd, The Welsh Regiment.

Identification

Searching for F P LLOYD gave only one result on the CWGC Debt of Honour database and this soldier was from Liverpool.

Family Information

Frank Percival Lloyd was born in Liverpool on 6th September 1899.

The 1901 census shows that Frank's family lived at 4 Chepstow St, Liverpool. His parents were Frank and Matilda Frances Lloyd (nee Holden) and Frank was the youngest of 3 children (Frederick aged 10, Helen aged 7) His father was born in Melbourne Australia and was a Clerk for a freight company.

At the time of the 1911 census the Lloyd family lived at 109 Carisbrooke Road, Walton. The census shows that Frank Snr and Matilda had been married for 21 years and had 7 children, 2 of whom had died.

At home with them in 1911 were their children Frederick (aged 20 and a theological student) Helen (aged 17, Draper's shop assistant) Frank P Lloyd (11 and at school) Gladys W Lloyd (aged 6) and Charles A Lloyd (aged 1).

Military Service

Frank P Lloyd's service papers have survived. They show that he volunteered aged 17years and 11 months on 24th August 1917. He was mobilised and posted to the 64th Training Reserve Battalion on 6th October 1917, given the regimental number TR4/1365.

Although soldiers could enlist at 18 (or thereabouts) they could not be sent overseas until they were 19 years old.

On his attestation papers, Frank’s occupation was given as traveller (like a travelling salesman) for McCartney and Green, Bartlam St (the 1911 Gore's directory of Liverpool shows that this was a 'legging and gaiter manufacturer')

Frank P Lloyd passed his medical examination, the notes show that he was 5 feet 8 and 1/4 inches tall and weighed 119 lbs, his left foot was flat. In the section for congenital peculiarities, a faint note seems to say ‘slight thyroid enlargement’ but he was passed fit class C:1

Sent to Kimnel Park for training, Frank was promoted to Lance Corporal but reverted to Private on embarkation.

1/11/17 he was posted to the 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

On embarkation, 8/9/18, just two days after his nineteenth birthday, Frank was posted Base Depot France and was posted to the 14th Battalion The Welsh Regiment with the regimental number 76928.

Frank's medal card shows that he was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

Death and Commemoration

Just 6 weeks after arriving in France, Frank P LLoyd was killed in action on 20th October 1918.

The CWGC records show that Frank was serving with B company of the 14th Battalion The Welsh Regiment. The battalion war diary for this period is very light on details, the following transcription is all that is recorded for an attack on enemy lines made on 20th October 1918.

17th October - The battalion with 114 Infantry Brigade relieved the 10th S.W.B. in the line in K 15 a 7 c

18th October – remained in line.

19th October – remained in line.

20th October – 2am attacked and captured objectives from K10d90.95 to K11a30.00 stubborn resistance was met with. Prisoners taken about 75 including 2 officers.

The enemy left a considerable number of dead, our casualties slight.

One of the 'slight' casualties was 19 year old Frank LLoyd. His personal belongings (disc, photo and religious book) were returned to his mother.



Frank Lloyd is buried in Montay Neuvilly Road Cemetery, France and his father had the words “Father, in thy gracious keeping, leave we now our loved one sleeping.” Inscribed on the headstone.

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His family placed the following notice in the Liverpool Echo on 4th November 1918.

LLOYD - October 20, killed in action, aged 19 years, FRANK PERCIVAL, the dearly-loved second son of Frederick and Matilda Frances Lloyd, 109 Carisbrooke-Road, Walton.

Although his family were not from the Toxteth Park area of Liverpool, Frank Percival Lloyd was commemorated on the Roll of Honour in St James Church, Toxteth because his brother Frederick, a theology student in 1911, became a cleric of St James’ Church.