ALBERT CECIL LLOYD
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Image taken from the Evening Star – 10th April 1942.
Born: 23rd March 1919, Ipswich.
Died: 3rd October 1943; age: 24; died from Dysentery at the ‘H’ Force Kanburi Hospital Camp whilst a Japanese POW on the Burma/Thailand Railway.
Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.
Residence: 82, Ashcroft Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: a Fuser.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5830612.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion.
The body was originally buried at Kanburi No. 1. Cemetery, grave 112. On the 8th February 1946, the body was exhumed, identified by records and reburied at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Grave Reference:
8.B.11.
Thailand.
Father: Francis William Lloyd, born August 1892, in Ipswich.
Mother: Constance Lilian Lloyd (nee Grimwood), born May 1892, in Belstead, Suffolk.
CENSUS
1921 16, Purplett Street, Ipswich.
Albert was 2 years & 3 months old and lived with his parents and brother.
Frank Lloyd, 28 years & 10 months, a Blacksmith for Reavell & Co., Engineers, of Ipswich.
Constance Lloyd, 29 years & 1 month, Home Duties.
Douglas Frank Lloyd, 4 years & 3 months, born Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.
Albert was living with his parents, siblings, and widowed paternal grandmother at their family home – 82, Ashcroft Road, Ipswich. Albert’s fiancé was also living with the Lloyd family.
Francis, a Blacksmith – Engineering.
Constance, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Douglas, a Lathe Turner.
Vera J. Lloyd, born 1923, Ipswich.
Annie Martha Lloyd, unpaid Domestic Duties, born December 1867, Ipswich.
Edna Beatrice Lambard, a Shop Assistant – Provisions.
Albert’s sister, Violet Constance Lloyd, a Shop Assistant – Provisions, born February 1922, Ipswich, lived next door at 84, Ashcroft Road, Ipswich.
In 1940, Ipswich, Albert married Edna Beatrice Lambard, born February 1919, in Plomesgate, Suffolk – daughter of Frederick Charles Lambard, a postman and Florence Maud Lambard (nee Emeny), of Boyton, Suffolk.
Probate to Edna Beatrice Lloyd – widow.
The Battalion was attached to the 18th East Anglian Division (including the 4/5th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment).
15th February 1942: After the fall of Singapore, approximately 620 of the Battalions were taken POW and later mostly died on the Burma-Thailand Railway.
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