The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, CIE, Companion’s breast Badge, gold and enamel, WW1 Military Cross unnamed as issued, 1914 Star slide clasp named (CAPT C G LLOYD S&TC, British War & Victory Medals with oakleaves named LT COL C G LLOYD, General Service Medal clasp Kurdistan named MAJOR C G LLOYD, WW2 1939/45 & Africa Stars, War Medal all unnamed as issued, 1911 Dehli Durbar medal named LIEUT C G LLOYD & 1953 Coronation Medal unnamed as issued. All mounted as worn. Come s with various ribbons and badges etc.
CIE LG 3rd Jun 1919 (Mesopotamia), MC LG 26th Aug 1918 (Mesopotamia), MID LG 15th Aug 1917 & MID LG 6rd Jun 1919.
Charles Geoffrey Lloyd was born Llanfihangel, Wales, on 12th Mar 1884, the son the Biship John Lloyd of Swansea. Educated at Repton and later Cambridge he joined the 4th (Militia) Battalion, South Wales Borderers on 7th May 1904. Transferring to the Essex Regiment with the rank of 2nd Lt on 3rd Sept 1904, he was still with them on the outbreak of the Great War in Aug 1914 and entered the war in France in Oct 1914, remaining until Sep 1915
Transferring to the Indian Army on 26th Oct 1915 with the rank of Captain, was to serve with the Supply and Transport Corps at Gallipoli until Jan 1916 and thence in Mesopotamia. Remaining here he was awarded the Military Cross with them in 1918 and was advanced Major on 1st Aug 1918. An article in the The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser on 30th Aug 1918 also states that he served as 'OC Divisional Troops Transport in Mesopotamia. Last August he was mentioned as "deserving special mention". He also served as Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel for at least some time although returned to the rank of Major after the war.
Remaining in the east after the end of the war Lloyd served as Senior Supply Officer 18th Division, being in Iraq in 1919. As a result he was present for the Kurdish revolt that presaged the Iraq Revolt the next year. Lloyd's role as Supply Officer would doubtless have been a vital one as British forces attempted to garrison the country in the wake of the Great War.
Remaining a part of the British Army Lloyd appears to have served in India for much of his military career, being promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1930. Retiring with that rank in 1935 he settled in Kenya as a Farmer and occupied himself be being a Founder Member and Debenture Holder of the Karen Club upon its foundation in 1937. Returning to Service on the outbreak of the Second World War Lloyd served from 1940-41 in East Africa. He died at Nairobi, Kenya on 12th Dec 1953 and is buried in the Nairobi City Park Cemetery.
