1 June 1918 2nd Division troops dig in along a defensive line just north of the village of Lucy-le-Bocage. Marine Captain Lloyd Williams when advised to withdraw by a French officer, replies, "Retreat, Hell! We just got here!"
Captain Williams would not survive the ensuing battle, and was posthumously promoted to major and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. A member of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute class of 1907, Major Williams Hall was erected in his honor. This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ...
LLOYD C. Lloyd Cecil Williams Sr., 62, of 926 Princess Anne Road, died Oct. 6, 1994, of cancer in his home.
Williams, affectionately known as ``LC,'' a retired certified welder of Norfolk Naval Shipyard, was born in Hertford, N.C., to the late Lolly C. Williams and Sarah Alice Pickett.
Survivors include his beloved wife of 45 years, Lydia Randolph Williams; his mother, Sarah Alice Pickett of Swansboro, N.C., a sister, Bruce Davis of Swansboro; Aunt Margaret Casper of Chesapeake; seven children, Lydia Alice Dixon of Chocwinity, N.C., LloydWilliams Jr.
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