F. S. Bell Falkland Islands. The captain, eight officers and 79 members of the crew were given the Freedom of the City of Exeter on 29 February 1940, and were welcomed by a crowd of 50,000 cheering residents. The crew marched through the streets with fixed bayonets, carrying HMS "Exeter's" shell-torn White Ensign through the streets. Bell also commanded in 1945. He retired from the Navy owing to ill health on 8 January 1948. In the 1956 film "The Battle of the River Plate", Bell was played by John Gregson. During the film, Bell's nickname of 'Hookie', because of his distinctive nose, is
E. S. Lloyd E. S. Lloyd Ernest Sampson Lloyd (26 May 1870 – 7 August 1945) was an Indian civil servant who served as the President of Madras Corporation from 1906 to 1910. Lloyd's Road in Chennai, India is named after him. Born in England, Lloyd was born in Wednesbury on 26 May 1870 and educated at Clifton College and Lincoln College, Oxford. He passed the Indian civil service examinations of 1893 and was appointed to the Madras cadre. Lloyd married Mary Young at Droitwich on 8 June 1899 and had three sons - William Anthony Sampson Lloyd, Philip Montague Lloyd and Charles