Sir Henry Floyd, 5th Baronet
British Army general (1899–1968)
Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet, (7 May 1899 – 5 November 1968) was a British soldier.
Personal life
Floyd was the son of Captain Sir Henry Robert Peel Floyd, 4th Baronet (a captain in the Royal Navy) and Edith Anne Kincaid-Smith. Floyd was the brother of Charles Murray Floyd.
Floyd married Kathleen Fanny Gretton (daughter of John Gretton) on 9 April 1922, with whom he had two daughters, Bridget Mary (1930—1977)
Julia Maud (1934—1974). Bridget's father-in-law was Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet. Floyd, a fervent supporter of horseriding and fox hunting, he was killed in a riding accident at the age of 69.
Military career
Floyd was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was an officer in the 15th/19th Hussars and, having been promoted to brigadier, during the Second World War he served as Brigadier General Staff (BGS) to VIII Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Richard O'Connor. He served with VIII Corps throughout Operation Overlord and was described as "a tower of strength to the new commander [O'Connor] and became a good friend as well". From October 1944 he was chief of staff of the Eighth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Richard McCreery, from 1944 to 1945.
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