JAMES EDWARD LLOYD
Born: 25th April 1895, Ipswich.
Died: 26th May 1918; age 23; Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, at Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Occupation: Greengrocer.
Enlistment Details: Location: Chatham. On the 25th April 1913 at the age of 18 years, James signed up for 12 years. Height: 5ft 3 3/4ins – on turning 18 years – 5ft 5 1/4ins, fresh complexion, brown eyes & dark brown hair. Scar left knee.
Service:
Ganges – Boy 2nd Class – 7th February 1911 – 28th April 1911
Impregnable – Boy 2nd Class – 29th April 1911
Impregnable – Boy 1st Class – 18th August 1911 – 16th December 1911
Collingwood – Boy 1st Class – 17th December 1911 – 2nd May 1912
Pembroke I – Boy 1st Class – 3rd May 1912 – 13th May 1912
Commonwealth – Boy 1st Class – 14th May 1912
Commonwealth – Ordinary Seaman – 25th April 1913
Commonwealth – Able Seaman – 17th January 1914 – 22nd June 1914
Pembroke I – Able Seaman – 23rd June 1914 – 30th June 1914
Actaeon I – 1st July 1914
Actaeon I – 1st April 1916 – 17th April 1916
Pembroke I – 18th April 1916
Courageous – 4th November 1916 – 6th August 1917
Pembroke I – 7th August 1917 – 5th September 1917 – Invalided – Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Character – Very Good.
Rank: Leading Seaman; Service Number: J11053
Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘Courageous.’
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & Star.
Laid to rest 30th May 1918.
Grave Reference:
Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 65, Upper Cavendish Street, Ipswich.
James was 5 years old and living with his parents & sister.
Arthur Edward Lloyd, 32, a Timber Labourer, born Ipswich.
Alice Louisa Lloyd (nee Furnish), 29, born Otley, Suffolk.
Alice Jane Lloyd, 9, born Otley.
1911 His Majesty’s Royal Naval Training Establishment, Shotley, Suffolk.
James was 15 years old, he was a Boy Under Training for the Royal Navy.
James’s father, Arthur Edward Lloyd died April 1916, Ipswich.
The Royal Navy
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