Bruce Lloyd-Owen

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Lieutenant-Commander Bruce Lloyd-Owen (18 May, 1881 – 16 May, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Southsea, the son of a physician, Lloyd-Owen gained four months time on passing out of Britannia.[1]

Lloyd-Owen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1903.[2]

Around 1903, he was found to have exhibited a want of judgment and discretion in damaging a 4.7-in gun in Dryad.[3]

Lloyd-Owen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1911.[4]

Lloyd-Owen was appointed in command of the destroyer Mohawk on 1 February, 1912. In 1913, he would be scolded for losing one of her anchors and cables.

Great War

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Landrail on 16 February, 1914.[5]

On 17 March, 1915, Lloyd-Owen was reported as being suffering from nephritis and headaches. After an initial examination, on 27 March, 1915 Lloyd-Owen was admitted to Chatham Hospital, initially being given three weeks. He never did become fit, however. Lloyd-Owen was finally placed on the Retired List as physically unfit on 30 March, 1916 with a diagnosis of chronic Bright's Disease of the kidneys. Though slated to be granted the rank of Commander on reaching age forty, Lloyd-Owen would die soon thereafter at age thirty-five, on 16 May, 1916.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M. T.B. 8
15 Mar, 1907[7][8] – 18 Oct, 1909[9]
Succeeded by
Hugh B. Worsley
Preceded by
Bernard M. Harvey
Captain of H.M.S. Foyle
1 Jun, 1911[10] – 1 Feb, 1912[11]
Succeeded by
Roger V. Alison
Preceded by
Francis A. W. Buller
Captain of H.M.S. Mohawk
1 Feb, 1912[12][13] – 16 Feb, 1914[14]
Succeeded by
Richard W. U. Bayly
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Landrail
16 Feb, 1914[15][16] – 9 Mar, 1915[17]
Succeeded by
Francis E. H. G. Hobart

Footnotes

  1. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  2. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  3. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  4. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 345.
  6. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  7. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 399.
  9. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  10. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  11. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1914). p. 345b.
  13. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  14. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  15. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 345.
  17. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.