The Man Who Ran London During the Great War
The Diaries and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd, GCVO, KCB, DSO, 1853-1926
Published on 31. January 2020
224 pages
978-1-84468-808-1 (ISBN)
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In 1913 Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd was appointed to the supreme position reserved for Guardsmen, the command of the London Districts. The war saw an extension of his responsibilities to include the hospitals and main railway termini in the metropolis. He was also put in charge of the construction of the defensive circle of trenches around London. Whether it was meeting hospital trains returning from the front with wounded soldiers, or visiting areas of the City that had suffered from the Zeppelin and Gotha Bomber air raids, Francis Lloyds presence would help to revive the populations flagging morale. This led him to be described by newspapers as The Man who runs London.
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations and Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1.Early Life
- 2.The Sudan Campaigns
- Suakin
- Interlude
- Gibraltar
- Omdurman and Khartoum
- A Battalion Command
- 3.The Boer War
- 4.Aldershot and the Welsh Marches
- 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
- A Brigade Command
- The Welsh Territorials
- 5.GOC London District
- Horse Guards
- The Great War Begins
- A New Regiment of Foot Guards
- Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton
- Visits to the Front
- 6.London's Defences
- Zeppelin Raids
- Gotha Bombers
- The Beginning of the End
- 7.London in the 1920s
- LCC: The Member for East Fulham
- Food Commissioner
- The Welsh Guards Saved
- Retirement
- 'To Protect the Weak'
- 8.A Hard-working Soldier
- Reminiscences
- 9.Aston Hall, Shropshire
- 10.Rolls Park, Chigwell, Essex
- A Lloyd at Chigwell
- Life at Rolls Park in the 1920s-30s
- The Decline at Rolls Park 1939-1953
- Lloyd Pedigree Charts
- Appendices
- War Memorials Unveiled by Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd
- Reference Notes
- Index
