A Family History of the Illustrious, Notorious and Eccentric Lloyds of Birmingham, Brigstock and Pipewell Hall - Flipbook - Page 160
me shows him pointing proudly to his first stripe as a lance-corporal.
osest friend in the Rifle Brigade, who fought on the Italian Front which he described graphically in
ok called, The Fortress, published by Collins after the war, was Raleigh Trevelyan, who became a
guished editor at Collins new book publishing in St James's Place.
letters home to Granny Lloyd give a graphic account of his experience on the Italian Front, and
the loving bond between him and his mother, including the premonition of his death. They were
hed in 1994 in a book entitled A Clear Premonition edited by his great friend Raleigh Trevelyan. The
al letters dated 18 May and 18 July 1944 and a letter of condolence from Sue Ryder are on the
ing pages and a selection of other letters in the appendix.
howed fine character traits that were missing in some of his Lloyd brothers which made his early
all the more tragic.
was killed at Arezzo near Florence on 25 July 1944.
