Vanessa Lloyd-Davies

Susan Vanessa Lloyd-Davies (30 November 1960 – 16 February 2005) was a British doctor, equestrian and soldier. Educated at Benenden School and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, she matriculated at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in 1990. Lloyd-Davies treated injured Bosnian war children in Sarajevo as part of the United Nations Protection Force in mid-1992. She then became a general practitioner in the Barbican in central London and a medical officer civilian attached to the King's Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army. As an eventer, Lloyd-Davies rode a cross-country horse across all levels. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Military Division in 1993.

Early life On 30 November 1960, Lloyd-Davies was born in London, England. She was part of a medical family going back nine generations, and has Welsh roots. Lloyd-Davies was the oldest daughter of Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies, a uriologist, At the age of 13, Lloyd-Davies took up what would become her life long hobby of hunting, encouraged by Reginald Paget, Baron Paget of Northampton. Lloyd-Davies received a classical education at Benenden School in Kent. and in 1990, joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. She served in Germany, and was subsequently commissioned to the Household Cavalry, becoming its first female medical officer amongst an all-male environment. where she finished equal 27th; Lloyd-Davies lent the ride to Matthew Davies after picking up an injury. "for bravery and humanitarian care".

Legacy A mid-2006 concert was held in Lloyd-Davies's honour led by Rainer Küchl, the master of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, to raise funding for repairs and restoration to several Leicestershire churches. A memorial stained-glass window to pay tribute to Lloyd-Davies was paid for by her family and installed at Ilston St Michael & All Angels Church in late 2012. Her name is inscribed in the Royal Society of Medicine's Virtual Roll of Honour.