The Lloyd family of Birmingham was a prominent Welsh
Quaker family who migrated in the seventeenth century to
Birmingham, England, from
Dolobran Hall near
Meifod, Powys (previously in
Montgomeryshire),[1] Wales. The family were involved in manufacturing and in the establishment of
Lloyds Bank.[2] The principal residence of the senior branch of the Birmingham family was
Farm, Bordesley.
At the outbreak of the
First World War Gertrude and John Henry Lloyd had four sons of military age:[3]
Alan Scrivener Lloyd who enlisted in the
Royal Field Artillery and was killed on 4 August 1916 at
Ypres.
Ronald Lloyd joined the
Friends' Ambulance Unit in 1914, but following Alan's death enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery.
Eric Lloyd joined the Friends Ambulance Unit in 1914 and enlisted in the Navy in 1916.