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George Lloyd (RAF officer)

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340:"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Single-handed, he attacked three enemy machines, one of which he brought down out of control. On another occasion he attacked four enemy machines, one of which he brought down in a steep dive. He has brought down many other enemy machines and taken part in numerous combats, displaying magnificent gallantry and skill on all occasions." 321:
on 7 October. His overall tally was a balloon, two Albatros fighters and a two-seater reconnaissance aircraft destroyed, and four Albatros fighters driven down out of control, making him the 12th highest-scoring South African ace of the War.
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of major (a squadron commander's rank). On 2 May 1919 Lloyd relinquished his RAF commission on ceasing to be employed. On 3 June 1919 he was awarded the
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Lloyd was promoted to lieutenant in his regiment on 1 July 1917, while remaining seconded to the RFC as a second lieutenant, but was appointed a
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fighters, one destroyed and the other driven down out of control, and drove down another D.III over
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Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) George Lawrence Lloyd, Yeomanry and Royal Flying Corps.
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Lloyd was born in Rhodesia in 1892, which at that time was a chartered territory of the
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After the war, Lloyd emigrated to the United States, where in 1935 he married
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On 19 November 1915 Lloyd was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the
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in recognition of "distinguished services rendered during the war".
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on 12 August, destroyed an Albatros reconnaissance aircraft over
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Emigrants from the British Empire to the United States
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Index

Southern Rhodesia
Peekskill, New York
Cortlandt Manor
41°18′59″N 73°53′50″W / 41.31639°N 73.89722°W / 41.31639; -73.89722
Major
Staffordshire Yeomanry
No. 60 Squadron RFC
No. 40 Squadron RFC
Military Cross
Air Force Cross
MC
AFC
Rhodesian
First World War
eight aerial victories
British South Africa Company
Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)
Territorial Force
Royal Flying Corps
No. 60 Squadron RFC
Nieuport 17
Battle of Arras
Bloody April
observation balloon
Boiry-Notre-Dame
Douai
Estrées
Albatros D.III
Wancourt
flight commander

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