David Lloyd George access to the Cabinet so as to bypass Kitchener. However, he did succeed in securing the appointment of Sir Eric Geddes to take charge of military railways behind British lines in France, with the honorary rank of major-general. Lloyd George told a journalist, Roy W. Howard, in late September that "the fight must be to a finish – to a knockout", a rejection of President Wilson's offer to mediate. Lloyd George was increasingly frustrated at the limited gains of the Somme Offensive, criticising General Haig to Ferdinand Foch on a visit to the Western Front in September (British casualty ratios
George Butler Lloyd December 1918 was held, George Ambrose Lloyd had been appointed Governor of Bengal while Butler Lloyd stood for election for the new county constituency the Shrewsbury seat had become, as Coalition Coupon candidate. He stood down at the 1922 general election. He married in 1880 Constance Mary, daughter of Colonel Richard Jenkins, late 1st Bengal Cavalry, and had two sons and two daughters who survived him. His home for most of his life was at Shelton Hall, near Shrewsbury. Butler Lloyd died at Shelton Hall on 28 March 1930 aged 76 and was buried on 31 March at Shrewsbury General