Dear Sirs, I am trying to find information on the web about my grand father, Cmdr Louis Arthur Owens of the Orient Steam Navigation Co. I would be very grateful if you could direct me to a web-site that might give me some information on him. He was knighted for services during the evacuation of Singapore during the second world war. I would greatly appreciate you help. Thank you. Kind regards Candida Owens
Candida, His award appears on page 2 of the Second Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday 1 January 1943. He was awarded a Knight's Bachelorship, and is listed as "Captain Arthur Lewis Owens R.D., R.N.R. (Retd.), Master, Merchant Navy." At the time he was Master of the ORION (Orient Steam Navigation Company). The fact that his award was announced in the NYH suggests that it was for general good services rather than for a specific action. There is a history of the Orient Line - "Passenger Ships of the Orient Line" by Neil McCart. I found him mentioned also on a webpage that describes a collision between HMS REVENGE and ORION: http://www.pnc.com.au/~byceme/orion/anecdote.htm I hope this helps. Bernard de Neumann > -----Original Message----- > From: Candida Owens - Simmonds Ltd (Metal Trading) > [mailto:candida.owens@btinternet.com] > Sent: 05 May 2006 14:46 > To: TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TSL] Louis Arthur Owens > > Dear Sirs, > > I am trying to find information on the web about my grand father, Cmdr > Louis Arthur Owens of the Orient Steam Navigation Co. > > I would be very grateful if you could direct me to a web-site that > might give me some information on him. He was knighted for services > during the evacuation of Singapore during the second world war. > > I would greatly appreciate you help. > > Thank you. > > Kind regards > Candida Owens > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > TheShipsList Searchable Archives Database > http://www.oulton.com/cwa/newsships.nsf/by+date > TheShipsList RootsWeb Archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TheShipsList/ > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*