Henry Morgan Lloyd DSO OBE (9 June 1911 – 16 April 2001) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[1] He was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father being the Revd David Lloyd, sometime Vicar of Weston-super-Mare[2] and educated at Canford School and Oriel College, Oxford. Ordained in 1935 he was a curate at Hendon.[3]

He then served his country during World War II as a chaplain in the RNVR. He was awarded the DSO for his actions on board HMS Illustrious in January 1941; Illustrious, escorting a convoy to Malta, was subject to fierce air attacks during which she was struck by multiple bombs. The award was for his "gallantry and exemplary conduct"; he "worked incessantly on behalf of the wounded with complete disregard for his own safety" and "was conspicuous on the quarter deck, where many wounded men were isolated and a fierce fire was burning below, far into the night". His practice of broadcasting a running commentary of the battle for the benefit of those of the crew who could not see what was happening became standard for all naval chaplains.[4][5]

After the war he was Principal of Old Rectory College Hawarden and Dean of Gibraltar.[6] Returning to England in 1960 he became Dean of Truro,[7] a post he held for 21 years.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Role overseas". Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ Who was Who 1897-1990 London: A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ↑ "The Very Reverend Henry Lloyd". The Daily Telegraph. 25 April 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "War in a Stringbag" pages 142-144
  6. ↑ Deans of Gibraltar Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Lloyd, Henry, ed. (13 February 1996). Flowers of the Field: An Anthology of Encouragement. Burns & Oates Ltd. ASIN 0860122646.


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