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David Lloyd George
‘The Man Who Won the War’
David Lloyd George 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, KstJ. PC was born on 17 January 1863 in Chorlton-on-Medlock and died on 26 March 1945 (age 82 years) in his longstanding hometown of Llanystumdwy in North Wales. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916-1922. He is the only Welshman to have become Prime minister of Great Britain to date.
The boyhood Home of David Lloyd George and his family.
The David Lloyd George Museum Llanystumdwy.
Lloyd George lived here with Frances Stevenson until his death in 1945.
An approximate centre of Llanystumdwy. The right hand wall of the bridge carries some handiwork by Lloyd George. He took the time to carve his initials ( D Ll G) in the stone. The carving in stone was done in his early years of course, and it is said that a ‘local’ carved the additional letters MP when he became a Member of Parliament for Caernarvon in 1890. He lived in the village with his mother , brother, sister and his uncle Lloyd until he was 17.
The River Dwyfor flows alongside the village. Lloyd George never really lost his affection for Llanystumdwy and was eventually buried there – alongside the river.
The grave of David Lloyd George. A simple grave with a boulder on top. Lloyd George advised Frances Stevenson that this was his chosen place to be buried when the time came, and so it was arranged. The boulder was taken from his favourite spot nearby as a child, where he would sit on the same rock watching the world go by.
This is a link to a Youtube video. An interesting presentation by Dr Spencer Jones – Western Front Association. A revisionist approach into the British Strategy of 1917