Traherne L E Lt Comm Royal Navy
TRAHERNE, LLEWELLYN EDMUND, of Coedarhydyglyn, near Cardiff, J.P., Lt.-Commander, R.N., eldest s. of the late Llewellyn Edmund Traherne, of Coedarhydyglyn, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Henry Hogard; b. Paris, 14 Sept. 1863; joined the Britannia in Jan. 1877, and left in Dec. 1878, having taken the first prize in seamanship that year. He was appointed to H.M.S. Charybdis, then on the China Station, and took passage to her in the Encounter. He served in many stations and qualified in gunnery, gaining 1st Class Certificate in 1890, retiring in 1897. On the outbreak of the European War, at the age of 51, he rejoined as Lt.-Commander (G.) Emergency List, and was promoted to Acting-Commander of the Excellent, 12 Oct. 1914, and died while on active service, of pneumonia, at the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, 14 Oct. 1914. He was buried in the Churchyard of the village of St. Nicholas, near Cardiff. Lt.-Commander Traherne m. at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London, 16 April, 1907, Dorothy Emma Olivia, elder dau. of George Felix Standish Sinclair, of 3, Manson Place, London, S.W., and grand-dau. of the late Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, of Ulbster, 3rd Bart., M.P., and had two sons and one dau. Cennydd George, now of Coedarhydyglyn, b. 14 Dec. 1910; John Rhodri Llewellyn, b. 24 Sept. 1913; and Margaret Agnes Mary, b. 1 Dec. 1908.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1