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Thomas Hope Floyd
1896–1973
A First World War memoirist with a sharp eye for the realities of the Western Front, he is best known for At Ypres with Best-Dunkley. Beyond his writing, he was remembered as a devoted bibliophile whose papers and bequest remained important after his death.
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At Ypres with Best-Dunkley
by Thomas Hope Floyd
About the author
Thomas Hope Floyd was a British writer and veteran of the First World War, best known for At Ypres with Best-Dunkley, a wartime account centered on service with the Lancashire Fusiliers. Public-domain editions and library records confirm the book as his best-known work, and archival sources identify him as living from 1896 to 1973.
Archival descriptions also remember him as a bibliophile and an ardent book collector. After his death, the Hope Floyd Bequest fund supported work connected with Lancashire Archives, which helped preserve his name in the region's documentary history.
Although detailed biographical information appears limited in the readily available sources, Floyd stands out as a writer whose reputation rests on firsthand war testimony and a serious lifelong interest in books and public affairs.