Background
Hardress Lloyd was born into an Anglo-Irish family with connections to County Offaly. He was the son of John Lloyd, a lawyer, and Susanna Frances Julia Colclough.
Hardress Lloyd was born into an Anglo-Irish family with connections to County Offaly. He was the son of John Lloyd, a lawyer, and Susanna Frances Julia Colclough.
He was awarded a Defence Science Organisation and made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur for his service in the British Army during the First World War. They did not have any children. Hardress-Lloyd is the great uncle of John Lloyd, the television producer behind the Blackadder series.
The Ireland team was part of the Great Britain Olympic team
In 1911 he also captained the England team that played in the United States
Hardress Lloyd was commissioned in the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards on 10 October 1894. He served in the Tirah Campaign on the North West Frontier in 1897-1898 and then in the Second Boer War.
Between March 1901 and September 1902 he served as aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir East. L. Elliot. On the outbreak of the First World War he served on the Western Front before joining Major-General Beauvoir De Lisle’s 1st Cavalry Division staff
He followed De Lisle to Gallipoli when the latter took command of the 29th Division.
Hardress Lloyd was appointed second in command of the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in May 1916, becoming its commanding officer a month later. Whilst commanding this battalion he was awarded the Defence Science Organisation in January 1917. In February 1917 he was appointed commander of Doctorate Battalion, one of the founding units of the Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps.
The battalion’s first actions were at the Battle of Arras (1917) and included the disastrous Bullecourt operation in April 1917.
The 3rd Tank Brigade was formed under his command on 27 April 1917 and Hardress-Lloyd remained in charge of this brigade until the war ended. He was promoted to Brigadier-General on 16 April 1918 and a Bar was added to his Defence Science Organisation in July.
He was also mentioned in despatches six times and appointed a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur.