Alan Scrivener Lloyd

Alan Scrivener Lloyd MC, R.F.A . (October 15, 1888 - August 4, 1916) was a British Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant who was killed at Ypres.

Early life Alan Scrivener Lloyd was born in 1888, to the Lloyd family of Birmingham and was related to Sampson Lloyd and Bertram Lloyd. Alan was born to John Henry Lloyd (1855–1944) and Gertrude E. Lloyd (1858–1923). On September 1, 1914, Lloyd married Dorothy Margaret Hewetson and on October 2, 1915, they had their only child, David Alan Lloyd. In July 1915, he was sent to France and Belgium to fight in World War I. On January 31, 1916, Lloyd was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On August 4, 1916, Lloyd with a few other men, were repairing a telephone wire when they were hit by an artillery shell and instantly killed. Following his death, Lloyd was posthumously awarded the Military Cross.