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Deserter to Hero Lloyd's Death in World War I
In a wartime tale Lloyd, branded coward after desertion, endures court martial and near execution. He saves D company by loading a machine gun, dies heroically at 3:38 AM, and is honored as a redeemed patriot, while comrades mourn and carry to a grave amidst the Somme build‑up preparations.
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D Company
Lloyd
Division
France
Ines
Old Smith
Flo
Lus
Fle
Tle
Lora
D" Company
No Man’s Land
Lne
England
Albert Lloyd
Company D
Atwell
Somme
Great Britain
the Somme
Royal Flying Corps
United States Cavalry