Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd Explained

See also: Owen Lloyd (disambiguation).

Sir Owen Lloyd
Birth Date:1854 1, df=yes
Birth Place:County Roscommon, Ireland
Death Place:St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex
Placeofburial:Kensal Green Cemetery
Birth Name:Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd
Branch:British Army
Rank:Major-General
Unit:Royal Army Medical Corps
Battles:Kachin Hills Expedition
Awards:

Sir Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd (1 January 1854  - 5 July 1941) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Lloyd was born in County Roscommon and educated at Fermoy College and Queen's University, Cork (now University College Cork). He joined the British Army Medical Service, later the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), in 1878. He was in the Zulu War in 1879 and the Transvaal War of 1881–82 before being sent, with the rank of Surgeon-Major, to join the Kachin Hills Expedition in Burma (now Myanmar). There on 6 January 1893 the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

Lloyd took command of the fort after death of Captain Morton. In 1894–95 he was medical officer to the Franco-British boundary commission on the Mekong River that decided the Thai-Lao border after the Franco-Siamese conflict, and in 1898–99 he was medical officer to British-Chinese boundary commission on the Burma frontier. Later he was Principal Medical Officer in India and then in South Africa, served in World War I (mentioned in despatches), and was Colonel Commandant of the RAMC 1922–24 with the rank of major-general.

Lloyd was appointed CB in the 1910 Birthday Honours and was knighted KCB in the 1923 Birthday Honours. He died at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, on 5 July 1941.

The medal

Lloyd's Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum (Aldershot, England).

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