Buried at Kensal Green Cemetery Role Armed force officer Allegiance United Kingdom Battles and wars Kachin Hills | Rank Major-General Service/branch British Army Name Owen Pennefather Awards Victoria Cross | |
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Born 1 January 1854
County Roscommon, Ireland ( 1854-01-01 ) Battles/wars Kachin Hills Expedition Died July 5, 1941, St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom Place of burial Kensal Green Cemetery, London, United Kingdom Similar People William Barnsley Allen, Noel Godfrey Chavasse, Edgar Inkson, George Allan Maling, Harold Ackroyd | ||
Sir Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd VC KCB (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. He was 39 years old, and a Surgeon-Major in the Army Medical Service (later Royal Army Medical Corps), British Army during the Kachin Hills Expedition, Burma when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 6 January 1893, during the Kachin Expedition, Burma (now Myanmar), while an attack was in progress on Fort Sima, Surgeon-Major Lloyd went, with an Indian NCO, to the assistance of the commanding officer who was wounded. Surgeon-Major Lloyd then stayed with the officer while the NCO went back to fetch further help in carrying the wounded man back to the fort, where he died a few minutes later. The enemy were within 10 to 15 paces during this time, keeping up a heavy fire, and Surgeon-Major Lloyd was wounded while returning to the fort.
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Later Sir Owen after being awarded a KCB. He later achieved the rank of major-general. He died at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, 5 July 1941.
The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum (Aldershot, England).