That's quite the life story!
This 100-year-old British war hero has lived a hell of a life.
She added: ‘He has always been quiet – shy almost, and has never been one to talk proudly about his emotions or achievements, even though they have been so great and so many.’Mr Lloyd was born in Staffordshire in 1919 and moved to Bristol in 1928 with his family to his father Reverend Canon John Collins Lloyd’s new parish.He signed up for the Royal Navy in Bristol in 1940 and eventually became a lieutenant.
His life continued to take unexpected turns when he came back to the UK and became Cambridge’s oldest graduate.Charles Courtenay Lloyd and wife Elena Von Lieven in Cambridge in 1953
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