Charles Loyd

General Sir Henry Charles Loyd, GCVO, KCB, DSO, MC, DL (12 February 1891 – 11 November 1973), nicknamed "Budget Loyd",^[2] was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the world wars, most notably during the Second World War as General Officer Commanding of the 2nd Infantry Division during the Battle of France in May 1940.

Sir Charles Loyd

"Budget Loyd"

(1891-02-12)12 February 1891
Belgravia, Westminster, London, England^[a]

11 November 1973(1973-11-11) (aged 82)
Mettingham, Suffolk, England

United Kingdom

1910–1947

17960

London District (1944–47)
Southern Command (1942–43)
2nd Infantry Division (1939–40)
1st Guards Brigade (1938–39)
3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (1929–32)
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (c. 1918)

French, David (2000). Raising Churchill's Army: The British Army and the War against Germany 1919–1945. Oxford University Press. 0-19-924630-0.

Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. : Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 1844150496.