Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery

Item

Title

Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery

Identifier

9486.cpd

Creator

Abstract

Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.

Date

26th June 1914 - 20th March 1919

Date Created

1914-06-26

Temporal Coverage

1919-03-20

Source

Notebook

Medium

Paper

Type

Diary

number of pages

113

Contributor

Meriel Patrick
Alun Edwards (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
Miss Norah Lloyd

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford