Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Commission Document to Major-General Sir Owen E. P. Lloyd, V.C., K.C.B.

Commission Document appointing Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd, Gentleman, a Sub-Lieutenant in the North Tipperary Militia Force, dated 23 January 1875, folded, with small holes in places and water damage to top corners, therefore fair condition £200-£240

V.C. London Gazette 2 January 1894:
‘On 6 January 1893, during the Kachin Expedition, Burma, while an attack was in progress on Fort Sima, Surgeon Major Lloyd went, with an Indian N.C.O., to the assistance of the Commanding Officer who was wounded. Surgeon Major Lloyd then stayed with the officer while the N.C.O. 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 ten to fifteen paces during this time, keeping up a heavy fire, and Surgeon Major Lloyd was wounded while returning to the fort.’
Note: The Indian N.C.O. referred to above was awarded the Indian Order of Merit.

K.C.B. London Gazette 2 June 1923.

C.B. London Gazette 24 June 1910.

Owen Edward Pennefather Lloyd was born in co. Roscommon, Ireland, on 1 January 1854, the son of Major M. P. Lloyd, 59th Foot, and was educated at Fermoy College, Cork, and Queen’s University, Cork. He was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in the North Tipperary Militia on 3 February 1875, and was subsequently commissioned a Surgeon on the Army Medical Staff on 4 August 1878. He served in South Africa during the Zulu and Transvaal Wars, before proceeding to India, and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry during the Kachin Expedition in Burma on 6 January 1893, whilst attached to the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Advanced Major-General on 18 September 1918, he served as Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Army Medical Corps from October 1922 to January 1924, and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1923 Birthday Honours’ List. He died at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, on 5 July 1941, and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

Lloyd was invested with his Victoria Cross at Mandalay, Burma, by Brigadier-General George Bird on 24 March 1894. His V.C. is held by the Army Medical Service Museum.