Frank Eric Lloyd

Sergeant Frank Eric Lloyd (20 August 1909 – 21 October 1992) was a member of the British South Africa Police in Southern Rhodesia from 1932 to 1955.

[7] He spent the early part of his police career on mounted patrol in the Matopo Hills (now Matobo National Park).

During the early part of World War II while stationed at Bulawayo he absconded in an attempt to fight in the East African Campaign.

He crossed into Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) at Victoria Falls and at Broken Hill (now Kabwe) stowed away in the army convoy of the 4th Rhodesian Anti Tank Battery who were en route to Kenya.

After several days travelling he was discovered and arrested at Mpika and tried back at Salisbury for desertion, receiving a sentence of six weeks with hard labour.