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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO and Bar]], [[Military Cross|MC]] (1 March 1896 – 22 January 1944) was an officer in the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] world wars. | [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO and Bar]], [[Military Cross|MC]] (1 March 1896 – 22 January 1944) was an officer in the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] world wars. | ||
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==First World War== | ==First World War== | ||
Lloyd was commissioned into the 7th (Service) Battalion of the [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry]] in September 1914, arrived in France in October 1915, and fought with the regiment until 1917, winning a [[Military Cross]] during the [[Battle of the Somme]]. In 1917 he transferred to the Indian Army and was attached to 4th / 39th Garwhal Rifles.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30781|page=7952| date=5 July 1918}} modified by {{London Gazette|issue=31196|page=2626| date=21 February 1919}}</ref> He was later to join the 19th Hyderabad Regiment. | Lloyd was commissioned into the 7th (Service) Battalion of the [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry]] in September 1914, arrived in France in October 1915, and fought with the regiment until 1917, winning a [[Military Cross]] during the [[Battle of the Somme]]. In 1917 he transferred to the Indian Army and was attached to 4th / 39th Garwhal Rifles.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30781|page=7952| date=5 July 1918}} modified by {{London Gazette|issue=31196|page=2626| date=21 February 1919}}</ref> He was later to join the 19th Hyderabad Regiment. | ||
He remained in the army during the [[interwar period]], attending the [[Staff College, Camberley]] from 1927−1928.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=191}} | |||
==Second World War== | ==Second World War== | ||
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[[Category:British Indian Army generals]] | |||
[[Category:King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers]] | [[Category:King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers]] | ||
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]] | [[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]] | ||