Bruce Lloyd-Owen

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

See Also

• Service Records

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