Lloyd Chute was born to Murray and Emma Chute in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. He was raised in Bridgewater and completed Grade X before starting work on the family farm. He was an athletic young man, well-liked, musical and of above-average learning ability.
Lloyd had completed 30-days training in the Royal Canadian Signal Corps in Camp Aldershot before enlisting in the 10th Searchlight Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery in November 1940 in Halifax, NS. As a gunner, he qualified as an Engine Hand Group ‘C’ in March 1942 and was Acting Lance Bombardier in June, followed by a promotion to Acting Bombardier in August on transfer to the 54th Coastal Battery, RCA. In May 1943, he took one-month agricultural leave (without pay and allowances) to help with the harvest at home. He was promoted to the rank of Bombardier in August.
By September 1943, Lloyd was in the United Kingdom and in October transferred to the Royal Canadian Engineers and reverted to the rank of Sapper. He qualified as a Bricklayer Group ‘C’ in December. He arrived in the Italian Theatre in March 1944 and was sent to the 4th Field Company.
On the morning of 18 September 1944, a section of the 4th Field Company having worked all night on the Ausa River crossing, were having breakfast in a church when a Kittyhawk ground support fighter dropped its bombs short of the target. Three were killed and eight wounded. Sapper Lloyd Chute was among those killed. He left a wife and son at home in Bridgetown. He is buried in the Coriano Ridge War Cemetery.