Sergeant St George Otway Lloyd

Sergeant, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List

Son of Mrs. A. M. Lloyd, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the late W. B. Lloyd.

Educated at Ellesmere College, Shropshire, UK between January 1906 to December 1911. Active in all aspects of school life, quite gifted academically, played in all major sports, Dormitory prefect, Debating Society, Games Committee. Appointed Prefect of Hall just prior to leaving in December 1911. Emigrated to Canada on 18th Sept 1912 and was a Bank Clerk for the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Elgin, Manitoba. Volunteered for Imperial service and joined Winnipeg Grenadiers June 1915 and crossed Atlantic with 78th Canadian Inf. Battn. (Manitoba Regt.) in May 1916. Mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1st June 1917 by Field Marshall Douglas Haig).

Commemorated on War Memorial at Ellesmere College, Shropshire, UK and in the College Roll of Honour (p.21). The entry includes " ....when the objectives were reached, a mine shaft was discovered in which an engine was heard, and in which several Germans were working or had taken shelter during the artillery fire. Sgt. Lloyd placed a large portable charge of explosives at the head of the shaft and, despite the danger which he knew he must incur, he lit the fuse and then sought to escape. But the terrific upheaval which followed was not only the explosion of the charge, but of the German mine itself, in which evidently a great quantity of explosives had already been placed. Masses of earth, some of which must have weighed several tons, were thrown into the air. The gallant Sergeant was unfortunately buried beneath this avalanche, but the German front line at that point was blown to pieces and many of the enemy were killed".

There is a comprehensive entry for him in DuRuvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1924,Vol3,p.175. Commemorated in Ireland, Casualties of World War 1 (p.120)