4/1360 - Sapper

Charles Glenroy

LLOYD

Main Body - Section No.2

Timeline


1915

1915

22 September

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1915

11 October

Initial training

Avondale, Auckland

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

S.S. Ruapehu

1916

1916

3 February

Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth

1916

9 March

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

1916

16 March

From the Front

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

1916

15 July

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

1916

26 July

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1916

9 August

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1916

18 August

Embarked for France

1916

19 August

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1916

3 November

Rejoined the Company

1916

16 November

From the Front

The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle

1917

1917

9 April

Battle of Arras

British Offensive


From the Front

The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle

Arras-Cambrai Road

1917

5 May

From the Front

The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line

The Billets in Monchy

1917

5 July

Transferred

NZ Field Artillery

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Charles Glenroy LLOYD.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 3.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Charles Glenroy LLOYD (4/1360)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2025 (2009). Accessed: 10 May 2025. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=494