Anthony William Vivian Loyd was born on 12 September 1966 and is an English journalist and war correspondent, best known for his 1999 book My War Gone By, I Miss It So.
11 Facts About Anthony Loyd
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Anthony Loyd gained prominence in February 2019 when he tracked down a British ISIL bride, Shamima Begum.
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Anthony Loyd went to school for journalism and then went to Bosnia with a vague plan to cover the ongoing war.
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Anthony Loyd started taking pictures but almost by accident an American reporter offered to buy some that he saw.
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The wounded correspondent asked Anthony Loyd to fill in until the paper could send a replacement, Anthony Loyd agreed and so started his first job as a journalist.
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Anthony Loyd was noted for the risks he took in pursuing his stories.
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Anthony Loyd found ISIL bride Shamima Begum in the Al-Hawl camp in Northern Syria.
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Anthony Loyd published a second volume of autobiography, Another Bloody Love Letter, in 2007.
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Anthony Loyd married Lady Sophia Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn in 2002 at Baronscourt, the Duke's 5,500 acre ancestral estate, near Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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Anthony Loyd remarried again in 2007 and as of 2008 was based in Devon with his wife, daughter and stepdaughter.
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Anthony Loyd's great-grandfather was not only a highly decorated British soldier, he was one of the most wounded.