Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd
Sir Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd 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.Details
Lloyd was born in County Roscommon and educated at Fermoy College and Queen'’s University, Cork. He joined the British Army Medical Service, later the Royal Army Medical Corps, 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. 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 War, 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, 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.
