F. S. Bell 1939. "Exeter's" six eight-inch guns were mainly responsible for seriously damaging the in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. In this battle, "Exeter" also incurred severe damage from seven hits by eleven-inch shells and suffered 61 killed and 23 wounded. One salvo from the "Graf Spee" did a great deal of damage to the wheelhouse and killed all but three of the officers in it. Bell survived with minor injuries and he ordered that the remaining turrets should continue firing on the enemy. As damage control parties battled fires and flooding, Bell used a compass from one
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