Richard Eyre Lloyd
{{Short description|British Army general}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Richard Eyre Lloyd
| birth_date = 7 December 1906India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947
| birth_place = Bolarum, British India
| death_date = 10 April 1991 (aged 85 years)England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
| death_place = New Forest, Hampshire, England
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| branch = 23px British Army
| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
| serviceyears =
| rank = Major general
| commands =
| battles = Second World War
| awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
}}
Major-General Richard Eyre Lloyd CB, CBE, DSO (7 December 1906 – 10 April 1991) was a British Army officer who served as Director of Military Intelligence.
Military career
Lloyd was commissioned into the Royal Engineers. He served in the Second World War in North West Europe for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.{{London Gazette|issue=37172|supp=y|page=3590|date=10 July 1945}}
After the War he became Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence for the British Army of the Rhine in February 1954, Chief of Staff for Middle East Land Forces in June 1957 and Director of Military Intelligence in August 1959{{London Gazette|issue=41795|supp=y|page=5257|date=21 August 1959}} before retiring in June 1962.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army commands |accessdate=9 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 Birthday Honours{{London Gazette|issue=41089|supp=y|page=3373|date=4 June 1957}} and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1959 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=41727|supp=y|page=3699|date=13 June 1959}}
Personal life
Lloyd married Gill Patterson, daughter of Rear-Admiral Julian Patterson, in September 1939. They lived in Germany, Cyprus and London before retiring to Lymington, Hampshire.{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Colin |date=2006-11-21 |title=Obituary: Gill Lloyd |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/nov/21/obituaries.mainsection |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
References
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire